Kangaroo Mother Care Reduces Infant Mortality

"The research team wanted to measure the effect of the so-called kangaroo mother caremethod on these children, both those born at home those who returned home only few hours after birth. The method is based on holding the newborn tightly into the body with the help of a scarf or harness, during the first month, preferably more than 12 hours a day. “We discovered that the chance of survival increased as much as 30 per cent within the first month and by 25 per cent within the first six months,” says Professor Halvor Sommerfelt, leader of CISMAC, UiB."