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Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care proven to be effective to curb neonatal mortality

Content Editor: Dr. Ismail Rifai

June 14, 2023 at 2:56:53 PM

Maternal and Child health, Kangaroo Mother Care, RCT, Neonatal mortality

Content Editor: Dr. Ismail Rifai

  • Published in eClinicalMedicine, this study, conducted from 2017 to 2020 was a multi-country RCT involving Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.

  • Carried out in neonates weighing 1 to 1.8kg, the intervention was KMC initiated immediately after birth (iKMC) and continued until discharge, compared to conventional care with KMC initiated after meeting stability criteria.  

  • The primary outcomes of this report were : 

  1. Incidence of neonatal sepsis, 

  2. Sepsis-related mortality, and 

  3. Bacterial profile of isolates during a hospital stay.  

  • Findings showed that iKMC among small/preterm babies reduced sepsis by 18%, sepsis-related deaths by 36%, and overall deaths by 25%. 

  • This evidence reinforces the concept and benefits of KMC and the Mother-Newborn Intensive Care Unit.

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