For premature or low birth weight babies who cannot receive their mothers' milk it is essential receive donated breast milk, since this, apart from being the best food, represents a true treatment for them.
The Spanish Association of Human Milk Banks is a non-profit entity that aims to encourage all activities related to obtaining, preserving, handling and distributing human milk for administration to babies.
It also promotes activities that favor breastfeeding, and on its website we find all the necessary information to be a donor in Spain.
Fortunately, there are more and more centers prepared to receive donations of milk, and we hope that the list will be expanded, because more milk banks are needed. Let's see where you can donate breast milk in Spain:
Banc de llet maternal de les Illes, Palma de Mallorca (Fundació Banc de Sang i Teixits de les Illes Balears).
Milk Bank of the Hospital October 12 (Madrid).
Milk Bank of La Fe Hospital (Valencia).
Human milk bank of the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (Granada).
Milk Bank of Aragon (Zaragoza).
MAMA, Banc de llet maternal, sang i teixits (Barcelona).
Milk Bank of Extremadura (Blood Bank of Extremadura, Mérida). It is the most recent of the Spanish banks and we expect many others to follow.
The World Health Organization is clear about the importance of donating milk to many babies:
"When the mother's own milk is not available, pasteurized milk from selected donor mothers is the best option for feeding children, especially if they are sick or high-risk children" (Infant and child nutrition small World strategy for infant and young child feeding Report by the Secretariat 55th World Health Assembly April 16, 2002. A55 / 15 Geneva
Each center has a protocol for the collection of breast milk, it is best to contact the nearest to be a donor. You can find all the information in the corresponding links to each bank above, and we encourage you to take the last step to be breast milk donors.
