Health organisations recommend exclusive breastfeeding of infants for the first 6 months of life and continued breastfeeding for 12 months or longer. However, some mothers may noy be able to breastfeed their infant for a range of reasons. When the mother's own milk is not available or is not enough, pasteurised donor human milk is considered a safer and better option compared with formula milk. Milk donated to human milk banks are pasteurized to inactivate viral and bacterial agents, while keeping the nutritious and immunologic qualities of breast milk intact. The number of human milk banks worldwide is estimated to have gone up from less than 10 in 1979 to 700 in 2020. When use of pasteurised donor breast milk is recomended? Below, Dr Vikram Reddy, MBBS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDIPRL, Chief Scientific Officer, NeoLacta Lifesciences, has cited five instances when donor breast milk can be a lifesaver for infants. 1-When mother's own milk is unavailable for preterm or low birth weight i...
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