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http://www.witness.co.za/showcontent.asp?id=9867&action=full&catid=3
> SUE SEGAR
> Banking on the milk of human kindness
> Just over a year ago, a group of new mothers was asked by a friend for help in
> an unusual endeavour, to help heal an HIV-positive baby by donating their
> breastmilk. Their success with one baby has resulted in a far more ambitious
> project: South Africa's first breastmilk bank.
> It all started with an adorable but very sick baby boy called Musa. Anna
> Coutsodis, an associate professor of paediatrics at the University of Natal
> and the founder of a home in Durban for Aids orphans, was particularly worried
> about six-week-old Musa, who was not doing well.
> Coutsodis, who believes strongly in the nutritional properties of breastmilk,
> turned to members of her church for help.
> Shirley Royal, also a member of Glenridge Christian Fellowship, was
> breastfeeding at the time.
> "Anna asked me and three other women, who were also breastfeeding, if we would
> be prepared to express extra milk to help feed Musa. She was convinced the
> breastmilk would help him," said Royal.
> "I was very happy to get involved and, in fact, it turned into a very special
> experience. Musa was six weeks old when we started donating our milk, which
> was in about August last year.
> "Within three days of taking in the breastmilk, the baby was considerably
> healthier. We watched him grow in strength until he was a thriving baby."
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