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Milk bank cuts expenses for Pumwani

Pumwani milk bank

Head of Nutrition at Pumwani Hospital Beatrice Marube helps a mother express milk to be donated to the milk bank.

Photo credit: Christabel Ligami I Nation Media Group

Pumwani Hospital has cut expenses on formula milk for newborns since it opened the human milk bank.

According to Ms Kezia Naju, the hospital's nurse in charge of the human milk bank, Pumwani now buys formula for emergency purposes only.