Kangaroo mother care: using formative research to design an acceptable community intervention

• Main Authors: Sarmila Mazumder (Author), Ravi Prakash Upadhyay (Author), Zelee Hill (Author), Sunita Taneja (Author), Brinda Dube (Author), Jasmine Kaur (Author), Medha Shekhar (Author), Runa Ghosh (Author), Shruti Bisht (Author), Jose Carlos Martines (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Halvor Sommerfelt (Author), Nita Bhandari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Low and middle income countries (LMICs), including India, contribute to a major proportion of low birth weight (LBW) infants globally. These infants require special care. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in hospitals is a cost effective and efficacious intervention. In institutional de...