Kangaroo Mother Care: Technique to be learned from developing countries and barriers for its use
Journal Title: Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Caring for low birth weight infants imposes a heavy economic burden with unpredictable results. An effective healthcare technique, Kangaroo Mother Intervention (KMI) started in 1978 in Colombia as a way of dealing with overcrowding and scarcity of resources in hospitals caring for low birth weight infants. KMC has shown new way of care of stable LBW newborn in under developed and developing countries. By using KMC technique developed countries can also decrease significant economic burden on health care system.
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Liladhar Kashyap, Umesh Patel
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