The Pros And Cons Of Human Milk Banks

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Human milk banks were then established to help solve the problem for those mothers who could not nurse their babies. Currently in North America and Canada, there are 24 milk banks with more being developed according to the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). HMBANA is responsible for all the centers and are the ones who establish the standards and guidelines for these milk bank centers to follow. These human milk banks then screen, collect, pasteurize, store, and distribute the donated milk making sure that the milk is both safe and its nutritional components have not been compromised.

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