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Background: Breastfeeding is the best method of infant feeding because human milk continues to be the only milk which is tailor-made and uniquely suited to the human infant. All mothers should be encouraged to breast-feed their infants. When a mother, for some reason, is unable to feed her infant directly, her breast milk should be expressed and fed to the infant. If mother�s own milk is unavailable or insufficient, the next best option is to use pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM). Objectives: To assess the knowledge regarding Human Milk Banking among mothers of infants. To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding human milk banking among mothers of infants. To find the association between pre and post test knowledge and socio-demographic variables regarding human milk banking among mothers of infants. Methods: A Pre- experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding human milk banking among mothers of infants at selected villages of Baireddipalle mandal, Chittoor district. Sixty mothers of infants were selected, convenient sampling technique was used. Results: The study shows that the overall knowledge and knowledge on practice levels of mothers of infants regarding human milk banking. In pretest majority of the mothers 52(86.70%) were having inadequate knowledge followed by 7(11.70%) were having moderate knowledge and 1(1.70%) were having adequate knowledge. In post-test, majority of the mothers of infants 52(86.70%) were having adequate knowledge and only 18(13%) were having moderate knowledge. It is evident that the structure teaching programme was effective and has great Impact on mothers of infants knowledge regarding human milk banking. Knowledge and practice were significant at p<0.01 level. Conclusion: The study findings reveals that the structure teaching programme was effective and has great Impact on mothers of infants knowledge regarding human milk banking.