Progress on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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Posted onExploring the Barriers and Facilitators of Kangaroo Mother Care
Posted onResearch suggests that kangaroo mother care (KMC) can significantly reduce deaths in newborns as well as the risk of hypothermia and severe illness. Furthermore, it can lead to improved growth, breastfeeding practices and mother–child bonding. A recent study conducted by Chan and colleagues systematically reviewed the barriers and enablers of KMC within a health system…read more
Uptake of skilled attendance along the continuum of care in rural Western Kenya: Selected analysis from Global Health initiative survey-2012
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Posted onHow Kangaroo Mother Care Has Improved Newborn Health Outcomes and Supported Moms in Kenya
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Kangaroo mother care involves prolonged continuous skin-to-skin contact between a mother or her surrogate and her preterm or low birth weight infant. For stable preterm infants, this low-cost, high-impact intervention has been shown to offer better thermal regulation and greater health benefits compared to conventional care…read more