tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30360532024-03-13T22:20:52.773-06:00Human Milk NewsA weblog for news about human milk.
Maintained by Jodine ChaseJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.comBlogger842125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-36963514487308449262020-08-06T12:14:00.004-06:002020-08-06T15:59:43.668-06:00Kenya embraces donor human milk banking integrated with Kangaroo Mother CareKenya has joined South Africa as the second sub-Saharan African nation to launch a donor human milk bank. The PATH: Mother-Baby FriendlyInitiative Plus:A model for humanmilk banking in KenyaKenyan government has put strong scaffolding for breastfeeding in place in recent years – it scores second in the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) global index for all of Africa (after Malawi)Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-17945156640216196032019-06-26T21:02:00.000-06:002019-06-26T22:39:07.713-06:00Prolacta's global growth takes it to Australia
Prolacta, the oldest commercial human milk product maker and seller in the world, is now operating out of Australia. They've rebranded their product line as "Humavant" for Europe, Great Britain, and now Asia. They've opened an office in Adelaide, although it is not clear if the office is a base to sell to other Asian countries or if they have been granted a license to sell in Australia. Their Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-46865630206508931072019-06-26T20:16:00.001-06:002019-06-26T20:16:31.601-06:00Prolacta's commercial human milk globalization effort reaches to AustraliaProlacta, the oldest commercial human milk product maker and seller in the world, is now operating out of Australia. They've rebranded their product line as "Humavant" for Europe, Great Britain, and now Asia. They've opened an office in Adelaide, although it's not clear if that's a base to sell to other Asian countries or if they've been granted a license to sell in Australia. Their expansion Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-88449864953984281882019-06-26T20:15:00.001-06:002019-06-26T20:15:57.658-06:00Prolacta's commercial human milk globalization effort reaches to AustraliaProlacta, the oldest commercial human milk product maker and seller in the world, is now operating out of Australia. They've rebranded their product line as "Humavant" for Europe, Great Britain, and now Asia. They've opened an office in Adelaide, although it's not clear if that's a base to sell to other Asian countries or if they've been granted a license to sell in Australia. Their expansion Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-72262698275352322432018-11-21T08:57:00.000-07:002018-11-22T09:18:36.754-07:00Breastfeeding Medicine Editorial misses the mark
What a sad day. This editorial, its author, the publication, and the entity that publishes it has shown in recent months that they cannot even uphold the most basic of standards regarding conflicts of interest. The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine accepts industry funding for advertising and sponsorship, it promotes industry-funded speakers at its conferences and it allows industry-funded folksJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-59905300290763619672018-01-04T20:53:00.004-07:002018-01-04T21:17:22.231-07:00Skin-to-skin can keep babies warm and safe in winter storms
Our television and social media feeds are filled with warnings of a "bomb cyclone" stretching from Florida and into Canada. Or as CNN puts it, 1,500 miles of winter storm warnings.
A 'bomb cyclone' — a powerful low-pressure system that rapidly intensifies — is forming off the
East Coast threatening to bring strong winds and potential tidal flooding to U.S. coastal locations.
There's snow Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-39595944599882168142017-12-18T10:36:00.000-07:002017-12-18T10:36:04.393-07:00Fortified breastmilk - is it still breastmilk? Should it be sold at a profit?
Click HERE for Baumslag's website and the full report.
These are some of the questions the esteemed Dr. Naomi Baumslag is asking. Along with colleagues Elisabeth Sterken and Glynnis Mileikowsky, Baumslag has released a brief report on the results of her survey on the sale of human milk in 33 countries, with data collected at the World Breastfeeding Conference in Johannesburg in Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-42019164158557525592017-11-05T17:17:00.002-07:002017-11-06T19:08:53.876-07:00When doors close in Cambodia, windows open in Myanmar?
In March 2017, the Cambodia government banned the sale and export of breastmilk after the success of the Utah-based company Ambrosia, (see Human Milk News: Milk mongers sell mix of fear and doubt.)
Ambrosia, co-founded by Utah-based Bronszon Woods, harvested the milk from Cambodia and sold it in the U.S. at a substantial markup. Woods, who first came to Cambodia as a Mormon Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-48320600237689667942017-10-24T16:47:00.000-06:002017-10-29T16:51:43.270-06:00Tell WHO that ALL human babies deserve human milk
Direct submissions can be sent to WHO at
http://www.who.int/nutrition/events/consultation-protection-promotion-support-breastfeeding/en
The World Health Organization has opened a short comment period on the draft of a 2017 update to the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
In the section on supplementation when the infant's own milk is not available, the document recommends theJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-8565643314999195072017-09-07T08:23:00.006-06:002021-11-17T15:04:24.274-07:00Evacuating with frozen milkEvacuating with your frozen milk?
Hurricane evacuation routes, Google crisis map
*Note, this was written for the US 2017 hurricane season but the advice here still applies. Please don't delay evacuating. Follow all local evacuation advice and make preparations now. Do not delay your departure because of your milk stash.
Families in Florida and other locations are evacuating now in advanceJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-36613632753787185662017-06-26T07:50:00.000-06:002017-06-26T11:16:10.749-06:00Facts not fear: Protecting the one place where fear does not belong
Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers, continues to take on the dangerous rhetoric of the Fed is Best Foundation. Human Milk News recently attended the Breastfeeding in Feminism International Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she presented on her new book, The Big Letdown - an excellent read. Kimberly Seals Allers is especially skilled at Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-77470245588534171412017-04-12T10:08:00.000-06:002017-04-12T10:08:11.474-06:00Setting the Record Straight: Breastfeeding Saves Lives, Doesn’t Cost Lives
Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers, who put forward a compelling argument in support of black mothers in Detroit when Medolac targeted them for the purchase of their breastmilk, has now taken on the rhetoric of the Fed is Best Foundation. Human Milk News recently attended the Breastfeeding in Feminism International Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-67141142899574654422016-04-05T21:32:00.000-06:002017-10-05T14:02:43.460-06:00California bill aims to stop profiteers from selling human milk out of stateTomorrow at 1 pm PDT in Sacramento there is a public hearing on Senate Bill 1316, to amend laws governing the operation of human milk banks in California. The aim is keep the supply of donor human milk from being controlled by for-profit interests.
Milk purchased in California is sold at a profit, out-of-state.
The bill addresses deep concerns about some of California's most Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-74008424613854323522016-03-02T10:53:00.002-07:002016-03-02T10:53:34.530-07:00IBCLCs make a difference around the world: IFSfRC featured in Lactation Matters blog post
I am honoured to be a guest writer on International Lactation Consultant Association's Lactation Matters blog on this #happyIBCLCday, and proud to showcase the work being done to protect infants and young children transiting Europe during this #refugeecrisis by Infant Feeding Support for Refugee Children. This work exemplifies ILCA's vision: "world health transformed through breastfeedingJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-10452422487842919282016-01-08T15:08:00.000-07:002016-01-08T15:08:11.920-07:00Milk mongers sell mix of fear and doubt
Private for-profit milk bank operations
now active in Australia, Cambodia
and the United States.
The dawn of 2016 promises a huge year for the sale of human milk, with four companies in the market in the US and one start-up in Australia. There is scant oversight of the rapid commodification of this precious human food and medicine. If the ideas and drive of nimble and ingenious entrepreneursJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-78023472661807908662015-05-27T15:13:00.000-06:002015-05-29T09:19:25.288-06:00Human Milk News is dropping everything to drive to Calgary tomorrow #TY4SoW
Tomorrow I'm getting up early and driving to Calgary to cover this event, Thank You for the Status of Women - Meet Up & Picnic, for Human Milk News.
It's a gathering and a picnic on the lawn of McDougall Centre, outside where the new cabinet is meeting, to thank and celebrate Alberta's new government for keeping its election promise and appointing a Status of Women minister. (See the Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-48987212795234886152015-05-10T10:09:00.002-06:002015-05-10T15:00:15.934-06:00Mother's Day brings tulips from Mead Johnson
This Mother's Day some Enfamil infant formula users received deliveries of fresh tulips as thank you for their loyalty to Mead Johnston's Enfamil brand. Moms were encouraged to share using the #EnfaMom hashtag, turning their gift for brand loyalty into free advertising for the brand.
Some did.
Once again the mighty multibillion dollar formula industry flexes its mom marketing muscles and thisJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-43599234618087352352015-04-16T23:30:00.002-06:002015-04-16T23:30:35.350-06:002nd Annual Miracle Milk Stroll May 2nd
Join us on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in U.S. and Canadian Parks & Malls for the 2nd Annual Miracle Milk™ Stroll to raise funds, educate, & raise appreciation for the life-saving power of human milk!
Register or donate:United States Canada
The Mother's Miracle Milk™ Stroll is casual walk around the park or down the mall to show our excitement and solidarity for this North American Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086151426046548568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-90409267463612017742015-03-24T12:00:00.000-06:002015-05-12T08:44:08.088-06:00Big Latch On moves forward, leaves behind controversial sponsor
See note at bottom regarding Global Big Latch On and sponsorship - added May 10, 2015
The Global Big Latch On has confirmed in private correspondence with Human Milk News that they will be moving forward with the 2015 Big Latch On without the sponsorship of the controversial Mother's Milk Cooperative. (See Human Milk News: "Who Owns Breastfeeding: Why I'm troubled by the Big Latch On: Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-83133893289600458492015-01-12T11:42:00.000-07:002015-01-12T13:47:56.752-07:00Detroit mothers call out Medolac over growing exploitation concerns
See the full letter here
Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association, Mothering Justice and Breastfeeding Mothers Unite, along with a number of allies, have issued an open letter to Medolac asking for answers to questions and to engage in discussion of the company's "aims and objectives in recruiting African- American mothers in our city to participate in your for-profit Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-75192987649976604312015-01-06T14:18:00.002-07:002015-01-06T14:19:09.308-07:00Are there any hospitals using Medolac's "Coop Donor Milk" product?I have not been able to confirm that any hospitals have purchased Medolac or Mother's Milk Coop's "Coop Donor Milk" product.
Medolac/MMC says this commercially
sterile human milk product has a
3 year shelf life.
Medolac/MMC continues to promote the product for sale. They continue to make reference to it being used currently in hospitals in the US. Pricing information Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-8652817795672415472014-12-12T11:41:00.002-07:002014-12-12T12:10:42.027-07:00In all that we do...let it be to help more moms to freely breastfeed and to freely provide their milkAs I drink my coffee this morning, I'm reflecting on the turmoil in the breastfeeding community as we watch the battles of two US corporations over the supply of human milk in that country, with non-profit milk banks caught in the line of fire, and the milksharing community standing by, frustrated.
Zeus forces Heracles on a sleeping Hera.Wikipedia: The Origin of the Milky Way is a Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-32609756971005798282014-12-08T20:18:00.002-07:002014-12-08T20:28:02.035-07:00Medolac will use some of its 1 million oz stockpile to extract and sell human milk oligosaccharides (Part 1)Kimberly Seals Aller's post about Medolac's program to purchase milk from black mothers in places like Detroit and my blog post on their stockpile of a million ounces of human milk have both received a tonne of attention. Questions abound, like "what are they doing with all that milk" and "why do they want milk from the black mothers of Detroit?"
Here's one thing Medolac says Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-42593814202111806042014-12-05T13:48:00.002-07:002014-12-05T13:48:24.434-07:00GDP of human milk production in USA? est. $110B
This great article by The Age's economic editor looks at how we undervalue breast milk by not including it in our our GDP. The article notes how odd it is that when a farmer feeds a child milk from her backyard cow, it counts, but not if the child is breastfed.
"Gina Rinehart is on to something. The woman who picked the mining boom by betting on iron ore at a time when few realised what wasJodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036053.post-87382366606226979282014-12-04T14:45:00.003-07:002014-12-09T09:23:24.922-07:00Medolac claims stockpile of over 1 million ounces of human milkAt a time when many very sick babies in the USA are not able to access life-saving human milk, there's apparently a stockpile of over 1 million ounces sitting in a warehouse in Oregon.
According to comments made by Elena Medo to a Utah newspaper, her Oregon-based firm Medolac began offering breastmilk-producing women $1 per ounce in May of last year and has since paid out $1 Jodine Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01503804155867969210noreply@blogger.com0