Abstract

  Breast milk, also called liquid gold provides nutrition to the babies and is an exclusive source of nourishment for first six months of life and remains part of healthy infant diet for first two years of life and beyond [1,2]. The breast milk helps the babies to grow and protects them from various infectious diseases [3] like prematurity, malabsorption, short-gut syndrome, diarrhea, intolerance and immunodeficiency diseases [4] as the mother’s milk transfer IgG antibodies which develop the natural acquired immunity of the babies. It gives them a better chance of survival [3].

Keywords: Breast Milk; Milk Banks

References

1. https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/human-milk-banking-all-new-moms-should-be-aware-of/
2. https://amaara.org.in/index.php/what-is-milk-bank/
3. A report on Insights.com (2019).
4. https://www.breastfeedingindia.com/breastfeeding/human milk_banks.html
5. https://theindianawaaz.com/india-to-establish-human-milk-bank/

Citation

Citation: Parul Thapar. “Human Breast Milk Banks- A Review". Acta Scientific Microbiology 3.2 (2020): 104-105.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Parul Thapar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.