Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to follow from developing countries

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...

Kangaroo Mother Care

Kangaroo mother care

Although, for centuries, women of many cultures have carried infants against their breasts, KMC was ‘rediscovered’ in Bogota, Columbia in 1984 by neonatologists Edgar Rey and Hector Martinez 1 . Due to non-availability of incubators, they adopted KMC for preterm and LBW babies who were otherwise stable and needed only to feed and grow. KMC is now successfully applied in many industrialized and ...