Guidance
Nov 14, 2025
Infants | Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
Kangaroo mother care: a clinical practice guide
This guide is designed to help health workers support mothers and families in practicing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in health facilities at all levels of care and at home. It also provides brief guidance for health facility administrators and program managers on what they need to do to support KMC practice in health facilities.
Kangaroo Mother Care is the term used for care of preterm and low-birth-weight newborns in prolonged skin-to-skin contact initiated as soon as possible after birth, with exclusive breast milk feeding.
Report
Jun 29, 2025
Capacity Development/Training | Essential Newborn Care (ENC)
Report
Jun 23, 2025
Capacity Development/Training | Complications
Journal Article
Jun 23, 2025
Data/Statistics | Mortality
Journal Article
Jun 23, 2025
Advocacy | Health Systems
- infants
- kangaroo-mother-care-kmc
- newborn
- prematurity