http://www.mamaknowsbreast.com/archive/2010/01/breast-milk-donors-needed-for-haiti/ This is the place to find out the latest breastfeeding news, tips and anecdotes. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mamaknowsbreast.com/archive/2010/01/breast-milk-donors-needed-for-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Andi Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:38:13 +0000 http://mkb.local/2010/01/breast-milk-donors-needed-for-haiti/#comment-1239 I'm working on an update to this post. Should have it up shortly. I’m working on an update to this post. Should have it up shortly.

]]> http://www.mamaknowsbreast.com/archive/2010/01/breast-milk-donors-needed-for-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 LM Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:16:28 +0000 http://mkb.local/2010/01/breast-milk-donors-needed-for-haiti/#comment-1238 So is HMBANA collecting milk for the Haiti orphans or to replenish their supplies?? How much milk did HMBANA, along with their partner IBMP, collect from well-intentioned mothers? turns out not one organization had requested the milk; and they can;t use the milk that WAS sent (USS COmfort will not use for safety concerns). So, will HMBANA be selling ANY of the milk? will they make any money from this "urgent" call? From MSNBC and TIme.com websites: “Tell them not to send it,” said Eric Porterfield, a spokesman for the American Red Cross. “I’m 100 percent sure we didn’t ask for that.”The international Emergency Nutrition Network has asked one group, the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, to retract a press release this week that issued an “urgent call” for breast milk for orphaned and premature infants in Haiti, saying the donations contradict best practices for babies in emergencies. Such donations pose problems of transportation, screening, supply and storage and create an “unfeasible and unsafe intervention,” according to a statement from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, or OFDA. So is HMBANA collecting milk for the Haiti orphans or to replenish their supplies?? How much milk did HMBANA, along with their partner IBMP, collect from well-intentioned mothers? turns out not one organization had requested the milk; and they can;t use the milk that WAS sent (USS COmfort will not use for safety concerns). So, will HMBANA be selling ANY of the milk? will they make any money from this “urgent” call?
From MSNBC and TIme.com websites:
“Tell them not to send it,” said Eric Porterfield, a spokesman for the American Red Cross. “I’m 100 percent sure we didn’t ask for that.”The international Emergency Nutrition Network has asked one group, the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, to retract a press release this week that issued an “urgent call” for breast milk for orphaned and premature infants in Haiti, saying the donations contradict best practices for babies in emergencies. Such donations pose problems of transportation, screening, supply and storage and create an “unfeasible and unsafe intervention,” according to a statement from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, or OFDA.

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