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Improving the implementation of kangaroo mother care

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2021-01, Vol.99 (1), p.69-71 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Improving the implementation of kangaroo mother care
Author: Hailegebriel, Tedbabe Degefie ; Bergh, Anne-Marie ; Zaka, Nabila ; Roh, Jung Min ; Gohar, Fatima ; Rizwan, Samia ; Asfaw, Atnafu Getachew ; Heidarzadeh, Mohammad ; Zeck, Willibald
Subjects: Advocacy ; Breast feeding ; Breastfeeding & lactation ; Caregivers ; Charities ; Chest ; Children ; Children & youth ; Community ; Cost analysis ; Data collection ; Health care ; Health facilities ; Infants ; Infants (Premature) ; Information systems ; Intervention ; Maternal and infant welfare ; Morbidity ; Neonates ; Newborn babies ; Premature babies ; Public health ; Skin ; Skin care ; Strengthening ; Sustainability ; Technical assistance ; Toiletries industry ; Weighing
Is Part Of: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2021-01, Vol.99 (1), p.69-71
Description: In recent years, studies have found evidence that kangaroo mother care is a cost-effective, high-impact intervention that reduces mortality and morbidity in preterm infants.1 A cornerstone of kangaroo mother care is skin-to-skin care of the infant in an upright position on a caregiver’s chest. Other components of this care are support for exclusive and early breastfeeding and timely discharge from the hospital with appropriate follow-up.2 The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recommend facility-based kangaroo mother care as a routine method of care for clinically stable newborns weighing 2000 g or less at birth.1,3 UNICEF supports countries that have a high burden of neonatal deaths through a health-systems strengthening approach that focuses on quality, scalability and sustainability of kangaroo mother care. During the past decade, UNICEF has been partnering with WHO, Save the Children, Every Preemie–SCALE, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, the University of Pretoria, the Colombian Kangaroo Foundation and others to achieve its priority of strengthening newborn care through policy, advocacy and technical assistance through the 2014 Every Newborn Action Plan. This action plan focuses on specific kangaroo mother care coverage targets, that is, at least 50% of these small newborns should receive such care by 2020 and 75% by 2025.1 However, health systems are still experiencing multiple-level challenges to implementation of kangaroo mother care at scale and to commitment and health-facility readiness.
Publisher: Switzerland: World Health Organization
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0042-9686
EISSN: 1564-0604
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.20.252361
PMID: 33658737
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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Improving the implementation of kangaroo mother care

COPYRIGHT 2021 World Health Organization ;COPYRIGHT 2021 World Health Organization ;Copyright World Health Organization Jan 2021 ;(c) World Health Organization (WHO) 2021. All rights reserved. 2021 ;ISSN: 0042-9686 ;EISSN: 1564-0604 ;DOI: 10.2471/BLT.20.252361 ;PMID: 33658737

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