Response to "Repeating the errors of the past: the hazards of a commercial human milk industry" Modi (2024) from the Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Associations

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¹ HMBASA (Human Milk Banking Association of South Africa); School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
² Frauenmilchbank-Initiative e.V., Hamburg, Germany.
³ University of Turin (ret), Italian Association of Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD); Biomedia, Via Libero Temolo No 4, 20126, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neonatology, 12 Octubre Hospital Regional Milk Bank, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Italian Association of Donated Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD); Biomedia, Via Libero Temolo No 4, 20126, Milan, Italy.
⁶ National Human Milk Bank, Department of Neonatology, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, 110001, India.
⁷ Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices civils de Lyon, and Head of French Human Milk Bank Association, Lyon, France.
⁸ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK. natalie@humanmilkfoundation.org.
⁹ Human Milk Foundation, Gossoms End NHS Health Centre, Victory Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 1DL, UK. natalie@humanmilkfoundation.org.
¹⁰ The Centre for Simulation, Analytics and Modelling (CSAM), University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK.
¹¹ Laboratory of Human Milk and Lactation Research, Department of Medical Biology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
¹² Human Milk Foundation, Gossoms End NHS Health Centre, Victory Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 1DL, UK.

PMID: 38806666
PMCID: PMC11772220
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03259-4

Response to "Repeating the errors of the past: the hazards of a commercial human milk industry" Modi (2024) from the Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Associations

Anna Coutsoudis et al. Pediatr Res. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;96(7):1552-1554.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03259-4. Epub 2024 May 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ HMBASA (Human Milk Banking Association of South Africa); School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
² Frauenmilchbank-Initiative e.V., Hamburg, Germany.
³ University of Turin (ret), Italian Association of Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD); Biomedia, Via Libero Temolo No 4, 20126, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neonatology, 12 Octubre Hospital Regional Milk Bank, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Italian Association of Donated Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD); Biomedia, Via Libero Temolo No 4, 20126, Milan, Italy.
⁶ National Human Milk Bank, Department of Neonatology, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, 110001, India.
⁷ Department of Neonatology, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices civils de Lyon, and Head of French Human Milk Bank Association, Lyon, France.
⁸ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK. natalie@humanmilkfoundation.org.
⁹ Human Milk Foundation, Gossoms End NHS Health Centre, Victory Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 1DL, UK. natalie@humanmilkfoundation.org.
¹⁰ The Centre for Simulation, Analytics and Modelling (CSAM), University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK.
¹¹ Laboratory of Human Milk and Lactation Research, Department of Medical Biology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
¹² Human Milk Foundation, Gossoms End NHS Health Centre, Victory Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 1DL, UK.

PMID: 38806666
PMCID: PMC11772220
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03259-4

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Correction: Response to "Repeating the errors of the past: the hazards of a commercial human milk industry" Modi (2024) from the Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Associations.
Coutsoudis A, Ascherl R, Bertino E, Garcia-Lara N, Moro G, Nangia S, Picaud JC, Shenker N, Staff M, Wesolowska A, Weaver G. Coutsoudis A, et al. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan;97(1):447. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03415-w. Pediatr Res. 2025. PMID: 39075171 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: G.W. and N.S. are cofounders and consultants for the Human Milk Foundation. All other authors declare they have no conflicts of interest in relation to this work, except that they work in or supervise the operation of human milk banks.

References

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1. Shenker, N. et al. Comparison between the for-profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: time for regulation? Matern. Child Nutr.20, e13570 (2024). - PMC - PubMed
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Response to "Repeating the errors of the past: the hazards of a commercial human milk industry" Modi (2024) from the Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Associations

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