Who we are
Who we are
About Dhaatri
Dhaatri is a public health initiative by Sushena Health Foundation. The goal is to provide pasteurized donor human milk to infants who are in need. This helps both mothers and their children get the help they deserve.
The Launch
Dhaatri was launched by the Sushena Health Foundation as a pilot project on the 27th of October, 2017. This project was launched under the MAA (Mothers Absolute Affection) Program and has been carried forward across the country by Sushena Health Foundation since.
Dhaatri Vision
To ensure that no infant is deprived of god’s greatest gift, “mother’s milk” during early life stages.
Dhaatri Misson
Our goal is to promote early and exclusive breastfeeding. This is done through extensive counseling, training, and treatment of mothers. We also want to ensure that every infant gains access to mother’s milk naturally, through wet nursing, or through human milk banking.
How does our human milkbanking process work?
1. Screening of Donor Mothers
2. Collection and Storage
3. Pooling of Collected Donor Milk
4. Pasteurization of Donor milk
5. Screening of Pasteurized DHM
6. Storage of PDHM
7. Thawing of PDHM
8. Issuing free of cost for babies based on priority
Contact Details
Dhaatri – Comprehensive Lactation Management Center (CLMC)
Niloufer Hospital,
1st floor, Intensive Care Unit Block,
Red Hills, Lakdi ka pul, Hyderabad – 500004.
Helpline: 8006004666, 7330771152.
Email: dhaatrimilkbank@gmail.com
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Why is breastfeeding important?
Apart from fostering a close and healthy bond between the mother and the child, breastfeeding holds multiple other benefits too. It helps improve a child’s immunity greatly, especially in the early years.
It also helps a child’s growth and strength during the early stages of development. Further, it has significant benefits for the mother as well. It helps lower cancer risk for mothers while also improving overall health.
What is human milkbanking?
Human milk banking is the process through which breast milk produced by mothers is stored under hygienic conditions so that it maybe of use later for their child or other needy children.
Human milk banking helps both mothers who are expressing excess milk and mothers who are unable to produce milk. The eventual beneficiaries are the children who need this nourishment for optimal development
Why Human Milk Banking?
- Evidence from the world over shows that breastfeeding is the single most important intervention to ensure child survival.
- The Government of Bharat recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of the newborn’s life.
- The baby is fed only breast milk, and that no other food/fluids including water are given during the first six months of life.
- Helps in administrative supervision by medical staff.
- Presence of human milk banks in the neonatal units is associated with elevated rates of exclusive breastfeeding rates in very low birth weight (VLBW) babies.
