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Kangaroo Care, also known as skin-to-skin care, is an effective method for providing care to pre-term babies. It regulates heart rate, reduces discomfort during procedures, improves breathing, establishes a bond, and helps establish a nursing relationship and promote healthy weight gain in underweight premature infants.
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.