Tubes, tape and kangaroo cuddles - France
This tiny baby, all tucked up with Mum, alongside the tubes and the tapes and her mask, couldn’t be in a safer place... Read more >>
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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).
Top news / posts
No bigger treasure than the ‘white gold’ - Germany
The arrival of twins brings added concerns and responsibilities for new parents who wonder how they will cope with two tiny new lives to care for... Read more >>
Donor human milk for cow’s milk protein allergy - Bulgaria
Most babies start on donor milk on their first day of life or soon afterwards but this baby, born at term with no problems, was 8 weeks old when it was first provided from the milk bank in Sofia... Read more >>
A mother’s wish - Poland
Breastfeeding was extremely important to Agnieska or Aga as known to her husband... Read more >>
He weighed so little; just 630g - Spain
Twelve years ago, after her first child was born, this little boy’s mother had a lot of milk. She tells that if she had known about milk banks at the time, she would have donated her extra milk. As the mother of three boys, she knows a lot about babies... Read more >>
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