Kangaroo Mother Care 20 Years Later: Connecting Infants and Families

Kangaroo Mother Care 20 Years Later: Connecting Infants and Families.

Kangaroo mother care (KMC), developed in Bogota, Columbia in the 1970s, was considered an innovative and daring practice at the time. Dr Nathalie Charpak and several colleagues introduced the world to a new way of caring for low birth weight infants: In comparison with the usual cautious practice of incubator nursing with severely restricted parental access and discharge only when a weight of 1...

Kangaroo mother care.

MCHIP’s Dr. Goldy Mazia is a Pediatrician/Public health physician with ample global newborn health experience. Dr. Mazia successfully practiced pediatrics in Colombia and in Israel for many years, before opting for a career in public health, where she has been recognized as a leading global expert. She serves as a newborn health expert on panels and in trainings around the world, including: the...

Kangaroo mother care.

Kangaroo Mother Care

Globally, prematurity is the first cause of death in children under five. In absolute terms, almost one million babies die because of prematurity each year, mostly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The risk of death increases with decreasing gestational age and with poverty. It is estimated that neonatal mortality could be reduced by 19% if all neonates could experience similar mortality ra...

Recommendations for the implementation of Kangaroo Mother Care for low birthweight infants. International Network on Kangaroo Mother Care.

Good quality care of low birthweight infants could reduce neonatal mortality in low-income countries, but the technologies used in rich countries are inappropriate. Kangaroo Mother Care does not need expensive and sophisticated equipment, and for its simplicity it can be applied almost everywhere, including peripheral maternity units of very low-income countries. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) can ...