The use of donor human milk banks is increasing in Japan to help prevent disease in premature babies with underdeveloped organs. But those organizing the human milk banks are facing challenges in meeting the growing demand due to insufficient funding and staffing, while raising awareness is required to increase the number of donors, experts said. “With (my baby) in a life-or-death situation, I wanted whatever could be done”, said a 33-year-old woman, whose daughter was born four months premature in 2019 weighing 400 grams. She was told by the hospital that her baby had “a 50 percent chance of …