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Kangaroo mother care (KMC), [1] which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants. The technique and intervention is the recommended evidence-based care for LBW infants by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2003.
Nathalie Charpak (born 1955) is a French and Colombian pediatrician. As the founder and director of the Kangaroo Foundation, and associate researcher of the Pontifical Xavierian University, her research focuses on the care of low-birth weight preterm infants and the application of kangaroo mother care.
Bergman is the founder of the International Network of Kangaroo Mother Care (INK), [8] and a member of the advisory board of La Leche League, South Africa, [9] the Breastfeeding Association of SA, the International Lactation Consultants Association, [10] Milk Matters (Human Milk Bank, Cape Town), [11] and a Trustee of the South African Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation.
The new guidelines around "kangaroo mother care" mark a significant shift from current protocols for premature babies and the U.N. health agency's earlier advice. The guidelines are also ...
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Kangaroo mother care (KMC) can decrease the risk of neonatal sepsis, hypothermia, hypoglycemia and increase exclusive breastfeeding. [142] Bili lights may also be used to treat newborn jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia). Water can be carefully provided to prevent dehydration but not so much to increase risks of side effects. [143]
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