The European Milk Bank Association (EMBA) was officially launched on Friday 15th October 2010. The Association has its seat in Milan, Italy and welcomes membership from milk banks, milk bank associations and individuals who support the aims of the Association.
The European Milk Bank Association is a non profit organisation which has been established to promote breastfeeding, and milk banking in Europe and to encourage international co-operation between the human milk banks of the countries of Europe.
Meet the Board
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Prof. Sertac Arslanoglu
PRESIDENT 🇹🇷
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Clair-Yve Boquien
VICE PRESIDENT 🇫🇷
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Serena Gandino
SECRETARY 🇬🇧
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Professor Guido Moro
TREASURER 🇮🇹
Former Presidents
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Prof. Enrico Bertino
2018-2022 🇮🇹
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Prof. Jean-Charles Picaud
2015 – 2018 🇫🇷
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Gillian Weaver
2012 – 2015 🇬🇧
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Professor Guido Moro
2010 – 2012 🇮🇹
A human milk bank collects, screens, stores, processes and distributes donor breastmilk. Donor breastmilk is breastmilk that has been expressed by a mother and provided freely to a human milk bank to be fed to another mother’s child.
The EMBA will promote and support research to improve our knowledge of donor breastmilk and human milk banking. The officers and Board of Directors have been elected to further the aims of the Association. EMBA welcomes news and updates about the milk banks in Europe and any milk banking groups and associations. If you wish to submit a news story or details of new or established milk banks please send them to Rudi Ascherl, coordinator of this website.
EMBA Working Groups
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Donor Human Milk Processing
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Guido E. Moro
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Human Milk Fortification
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Sertac Arslanoglu
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Indications for donor milk use
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Jean-Charles Picaud
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Maternal diet
Coordinator: Gillian Weaver
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Guidelines
Dr .Nadia Raquel Garcia Lara
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Microbiology
Coordinator: Dr. Corinna Gebauer
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Social, Cultural & Ethical Issues
Assist. Prof. Tanya Cassidy
We warmly welcome new members!
