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- Title
The Roosevelt Hospital Banco de Leche : Nonprofit Human Donor Milk Bank in Guatemala City.
- Authors
Paynter, Martha Jane; Celis-Hecht Mendoza, Ana Karen
- Abstract
The article offers information on milk donation program at the Banco de Leche, Milk Bank at the Roosevelt Public Hospital in Guatemala City, Guatemala in order to address the risks faced by the preterm, low-birthweight population. It mentions Milk Bank in Guatemala City promotes breastfeeding and access to human milk in a country with issues like malnutrition of low birthweight and prematurity; and also mentions concern related to child nutrition and pregnancy complications in Guatemala.
- Subjects
GUATEMALA; BREASTFEEDING &; psychology; MALNUTRITION; LOW birth weight; BREASTFEEDING promotion; BREAST milk; ORGAN donation; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; NEONATAL intensive care; NONPROFIT organizations; PREGNANCY complications; UNITED Nations; BREAST milk collection &; preservation; NEONATAL intensive care units
- Publication
Journal of Human Lactation, 2019, Vol 35, Issue 3, p563
- ISSN
0890-3344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0890334418807465