HMBANA believes in a world where all infants have access to human milk through support of breastfeeding and use of pasteurized donor human milk.

  • Our Work
    Our Work

    The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) mobilizes the healing power of donor milk by accrediting nonprofit milk banks in the US and Canada and setting international guidelines for pasteurized donor human milk. Find out more.

  • Our 29 members help mothers donate their extra breast milk for use by fragile infants as medicine. Our efforts ensure that the process is evidence-based and clinically sound. Together, we advocate for donor milk as a universal standard of care, regardless of ability to pay.
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  • A premature baby in the NICU may eat as little as one ounce or less in a single feeding. Whether you are a past recipient, donor, or otherwise have a story about donor milk to tell, you can help champion nonprofit milk banking. Together we can make a difference.

February 20, 2020

The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) is pleased to share that Dr. Tarah Colaizy, Professor, Pediatrics/Neonatology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa has accepted the role of research director.

February 12, 2020

HMBANA is calling for poster submissions for its 2020 International Donor Milk Conference. Early bird registration is over at the end of the month.

February 10, 2020

Interview with upcoming HMBANA conference keynote speaker, Dr. Andrew Bremer, Chief, Pediatric Growth and Nutrition Branch, Division of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health.