In observance of Cord Blood Awareness Month, share these resources with patients and communities.

Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

http://www.parentsguidecordblood.org

The Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation educates families about the benefits of family banking as well as the processes involved in private or public cord blood storage. They monitor developments in medical research and public policy that could expand the use of cord blood. In doing so, they keep families up-to-date on standard and experimental therapies that use cord blood and the diseases treated with cord blood.

Cord Blood Association

http://www.cb-association.org

The Cord Blood Association (CBA) is an international nonprofit organization that strives to accelerate the use of cord blood to benefit all patients. Anyone may sign up for a membership that connects them with the cord blood community, including cord blood bank personnel, researchers, lab technicians, patients, donors, and healthcare professionals. CBA focuses on advocacy, quality products and services, market expansion, research, and public and professional education on the uses and benefits of cord blood and birthing tissues to advance medicine.

Save the Cord Foundation

http://www.savethecordfoundation.org

Established to spread awareness of the life-saving benefits of cord blood, the Save the Cord Foundation offers noncommercial and unbiased source information. Its in-house programs include the development of the online educational tool, NEXT GENERATION: Cord Blood, and an educational series called "Share the Science."

Be The Match

http://www.bethematch.org

Be The Match is a global leader in bone marrow transplantation. Through its National Marrow Donor Program, it operates the US Cord Blood Coordinating Center and collaborates with public cord blood banks, physicians and advanced practice clinicians, and researchers to improve cord blood transplantation and promote cord blood education.