Limpopo Human Milk Bank Earns Global Recognition for Giving Preterm Babies a Strong Start

Limpopo Human Milk Bank Earns Global Recognition for Giving Preterm Babies a Strong Start

For premature and medically fragile infants, breastmilk is more than nutrition. It is medicine. The Mankweng Human Milk Bank has received international recognition at the 2025 G20 Summit in Limpopo for its neonatal innovation, which supports over 4,000 premature babies with this liquid gold lifeline every year.   Limpopo, South Africa (17 November 2025) – Every year, more than 13,000 South African babies are born too soon. Their first fight for …

Building policy and systems to give preterm babies a strong start for a better future

Every year on November 17, the world unites to mark World Prematurity Day — a reminder that millions of babies arrive too soon, too fragile, and too often into systems that are not fully equipped to support them. The 2025 theme, “Give preterm babies a strong start for a hopeful future,” highlights the global shift from mere survival to intact survival — where every baby not only lives but thrives. As a practising neonatologist for over three dec…