The government has established Kangaroo Mother Care Units (KMC) at 245 hospitals as part of the country’s strategy to reduce ...

Reading to NICU babies increases their language skills later on in childhood. Premature babies are at risk for language ...

You might have heard a lot of conflicting information about whether contact naps are safe – and there's a good reason for ...

Skin-to-skin contact is when a baby is dried and placed on the mother's bare chest after birth, covered in a warm blanket. In ...

Skin-to-skin contact is when a baby is dried and placed on the mother's bare chest after birth, covered in a warm blanket. In neonatal units, it is known as 'kangaroo care'. A mother needs to ...

Knowing how much kangaroo care had helped her own child, Rawat couldn’t bear the thought of those babies missing out. Determined to find a solution, Rawat had an epiphany: “If we can’t bring baby to ...

A young couple's effort to save their premature baby sparks widespread reactions as they share her transformation months ...

[1] This paper presents how one therapy, Kangaroo Care, or skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest placement of the newborn with a parent, ideally the mother, satisfies the six elements.