Ivory Coast adopts Kangaroo care for premature babies.

Kangaroo care, a technique where parents hold their premature or low birthweight babies skin-to-skin, has been endorsed by a recent study and the World Health Organization. The technique helps stabilize the baby's heartbeat and breathing, and control their temperature. In Ivory Coast, a new program is teaching mothers and fathers the technique, which has been shown to reduce infant mortality rates. The program is especially valuable in low-resource areas that may be short on medical technology, including incubators.