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Donor breastmilk, a drop of life for babies in Vietnam born to COVID infected mothers

Organised by Newborns Vietnam

Emergency Appeal to fund donor breastmilk for babies born to COVID infected mothers, babies whose mothers are too sick to breastfeed, COVID infected babies, and the many COVID orphans being cared for at Hung Vuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.

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Closed 01/12/2021

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Saving babies from their first breath - advancing neonatal intensive care in Vietnam to help close the gap between developing and developed world standards of newborn care. Our work addresses the critical shortage of nurses, trained health workers and basic specialist lifesaving equipment.

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Newborns Vietnam is raising funds to support Tu Du Maternity Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, to provide human pasteurised donor milk for babies born to COVID infected mothers and infected babies. Too many pregnant women are dying, are too sick to breastfeed or express milk. Many babies now have no living relatives. They all need donor milk. Since the fourth wave of COVID-19, Tu Du and Hung Vuong hospitals have received 1,500 newborns from mothers confirmed with COVID-19. The rate is rising alarmingly in Ho Chi Minh City as the pandemic ravages south Vietnam.

Breastfeeding provides the optimal nutrition, it is the single most cost-effective preventative intervention to reduce newborn infants deaths. It protects against infectious diseases due to the direct transfer of antibodies from the Mother. The World Health Organisation and Vietnam Ministry of Health recommend all COVID infected mothers breast feed and when that is not possible have human donor milk.

We estimate that we need 2,700 litres of donor milk in the next three months for these babies. Collecting, treating and distributing donor milk costs £42 a litre.

Donation summary

Total
£1,538.09
+ £20.00 Gift Aid
Online
£270.00
Offline
£1,268.09
Direct
£270.00
Fundraisers
£0.00

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