The members of the Task Force will evaluate the present knowledge about how COVID-19 affects the last period of pregnancy, the type of delivery, the neonatal period, breastfeeding and human milk donation.
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The main aim of this 1-day event will be to provide opportunities to present relevant research whilst enabling delegates to network and potentially form collaborations for future projects.
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EMBA announces the 2018 EMBA 2018 General Assembly and elections results
More details >Welcome to the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA) website where you will find information from many of the 200+ milk banks operating in more than 20 countries throughout Europe as well as news from milk banks and about the use of donor human milk around the world. Whether you are a current member of EMBA, hoping to join our association or simply an interested visitor to the website we hope you find this site useful. If you wish to donate human milk, in the first instance please contact the named individual on the page for the country where you reside.
To find out more about the milk banks in a specific country, click on the relevant flag at the top of the page or on the ‘Click for full map’ button to the left of the flags and then on the country (not available for most smart phones).
The EMBA Task Force on COVID-19 is constituted by the Neonatologists present in the Board of Directors of the Association: Sertac Arslanoglu (Turkey), Enrico Bertino (Italy), Corinna Gebauer (Germany), Radmilla Mileusnic Milenovic (Serbia), Guido Moro (Italy), and Jean Charles Picaud (France). Read more >>
Aleksandra Wesolowska, member of the EMBA Board has received the title of habilitated doctor of health sciences from Polish Promotions Committee based on scientific accomplished entitled “ Qualitative and quantitative management of human milk in the neonatal intensive care unit including milk from human milk bank” Read more >>
2020 International Donor Milk Conference: Notice of Cancellation
Regretfully, HMBANA’s 2020 International Donor Milk Conference in Austin, Texas is now cancelled due to concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more >>
COVID-19 is an emerging acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2. Current knowledge is evolving rapidly and is largely based on what is known about similar coronaviruses. Questions arise concerning breastmilk donors and the treatment of breastmilk in human milk banks. Read more >>
If you receive an email that appears to be from the EMBA President (or other EMBA colleague) requesting help including asking for money please IGNORE and DELETE. Do not reply.
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