Human milk banks – The benefits and issues in an Islamic setting

Noraida Ramli¹, Nor Roshidah Ibrahim¹, Van Rostenberghe Hans¹

The benefits of human milk for both infants and mothers have been well established. Especially preterm infants benefit from breast milk. However barriers to breast milk expression in mothers with preterm babies result in a relatively low availability of human milk for these particularly vulnerable infants. To overcome this problem, human milk banks have been established in many parts of the world. The Muslim countries have been not participating in these milk sharing activities for preterm babies because of inherent religious cultural issues. This article addresses these issues and discusses potential ways to overcome these issues.

Keywords: Human milk bank, human milk sharing, breastfeeding, preterm

Noraida Ramli, Nor Roshidah Ibrahim, Van Rostenberghe Hans. Human milk banks – The benefits and issues in an Islamic setting. Eastern J Med. 2010; 15(4): 163-167

ARAÇLAR

Tam Metin PDF

Yazdır

Alıntıyı İndir

RIS

EndNote

BibTex

Medlars

Procite

Reference Manager

E-Postala

Paylaş

Benzer makaleler

PubMed

Google Scholar