The Dutch Human Milk Bank provides all Dutch neonatal intensive care units with donor human milk which can be used for preterm born infants whose mothers cannot provide sufficient mother's own milk. Preterm infants may suffer considerable morbidity and mortality rates whereas breast milk significantly reduces these adverse events in comparison to artificial formula feeding; hence, donor human milk is a valuable alternative to mother's own milk.
Expertise(s)
- Human breast milk
- Neonatal nutrition
- Food processing techniques (pasteurisation)
- Immunology
- Bioactive nutritional factors
Projects
- >5000 breast milk samples of ~1000 women are stored in biobank, available for research.
- Effects of maternal diets on human milk composition (EU project)
- PFAS concentrations in human milk (national RIVM sponsored project)
- Anti-inflammatory potential of human milk (translational research using gut organoids)
- Effect of maternal stress on milk composition (national multicenter project)
Researchers
Will follow...
Collaborations
- EMBA - European Milk Banking Association
- GAMBA – Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Association
- ESPGHAN - European Society for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
- EFCNI - European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants
- Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
- Vrije Universiteit
- Wageningen University
- Utrecht University
- Erasmus MC
- Sanquin
Contact details
Email: moedermelkbank@amsterdamumc.nl
Chris van den Akker (neonatologist and vice-president of the human milk bank)
Email: c.h.vandenakker@amsterdamumc.nl
Hans van Goudoever (founder and president of the human milk bank)
Email: h.vangoudoever@amsterdamumc.nl