A review of the effects of Kangaroo Care on preterm infants is presented according to how Kangaroo Care, skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest contact between the infant and a parent, addresses the six key ...

A mother provides kangaroo care to her baby at Kenyatta National ... father or another caregiver. Midambo said premature and low birth weight are the two leading causes of neonatal mortality.

"Dexamethasone helps speed up the development of the baby's lungs and prevent premature babies from going into respiratory distress when they are born," she said. On Kangaroo Mother Care ...

A nurse attends to Susan Muraya a mother of seven months baby born prematurely during interview on premature babies at Kangaroo care in Kenyatta Hospital marking Prematurity day on 15th November ...

While often seen with premature infants who are skin to skin in kangaroo care, this phenomenon is equally ... In a study done with babies after cesarean delivery, babies held skin to skin by ...

"I now know premature babies benefit from being touched in ... another way to bond is through kangaroo care; when you hold your baby skin-to-skin against your chest. There are many benefits ...