Immediate kangaroo mother care reduces risk of sepsis for babies born early or small
Channel: Health and Family
Date: 2023-06-06

About the analysis

Conducted by WHO and several external investigators, the secondary analysis assessed data from the immediate Kangaroo Mother Care Study that took place between 2017 and 2020. This study was conducted in five Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania, in newborns with birth weight ranging from 1 to 1.8 kg. The study compared outcomes for babies where KMC was initiated immediately after birth, compared to babies who received conventional care in a warmer or incubator followed by KMC only once clinical stabilization was achieved.