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Excelência em Bancos de Leite Humano: Uma Visão do FuturoThe First International Congress on Human Milk BankingDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Human Milk Banking Association of North America; MRT Lactation Center and Mothers Milk Bank, Wake Med, 3000 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27610, USA. The first International Congress of Human Milk BanksExcellence in Human Milk Banking: A Vision of the Future, held in Brazil in June 2000 and sponsored by the Brazilian Association of Milk Banks, had representation from milk banks in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Venezuela, France, the United Kingdom, and North America as well as Brazil. Arecurring theme in the discussion of donor milk banking was the role of each country's milk banks in the promotion and support of breastfeeding. The Brazilian National Reference Milk Bank and the growth of donor milk banking in Brazil over the past 15 years were described, including federal regulation that all milk bank directors be trained and certified. Milk banking systems in France, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and the Caribbean, and North America were also discussed. Similarities and differences in the donor screening process and the regulation of milk banks in the countries is presented.
Key Words: human milk banking milk banking systems donor milk
Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 17, No. 1,
51-53 (2001) |
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