CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - With fast-paced technology and increasing demands for breast milk during natural disasters or emergency situations, the “Modern Nanays of Mindanao” (MNM) launched the city's first milk bank delivery application, dubbed Mom App, at the Limketkai Mall Event Center here.
The MOM App is a digital platform that aims to empower women in
providing milk assistance to premature newborns and donating breast milk faster
and more efficiently from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC).
“Karon nga naa na gyud ang app, malipay kita kay tungod kung naa
ta sa atong panimalay, magpagawas ta sa atong gatas igo nalang ninyo ipa-pick
up and ipadala nato sa NMMC milk bank,” Founder of Modern Nanays of Mindanao,
Nadine Angelica Gadia-Casiño said.
With the theme, “Women Disrupting the Breastfeeding Status Quo:
Driving Change through Innovation,” the app was created by Bulacan State
University partners and tech developers Dennis Robles Dela Cruz and Kenet
Faundo through the Smart Innovation Generation (InnoGen 2.0).
“As you can see here, it's (breastmilk) still the number one
intervention to prevent under-five mortality in our country. So kung i-combine
tanan ang Zinc ug ang mga vaccines, dili gihapon siya mu-sum up sa pila ka
percentage nga contribution [to a child's health] sa pag-breastfeeding,” said
Dr. Jessamine C. Sareno, head pediatrician-neonatologist at the NMMC Human Milk
Bank and Lactation Unit.
Sareno further notes that the milk is pooled and pasteurized in
order to retain the immunological properties of the mother's breast milk and
avoid contamination with other diseases. She said MNM also partnered with
the Department of Health, the City Nutrition Committee, and the Philippine
National Police to aid in the delivery of breastmilk from the NMMC across the
city.
The MOM App is currently only available in Cagayan de Oro City, but with growing support and recognition from the local government unit, it seeks to expand and branch out to other areas nationwide. (GKND)
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