Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care: a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Tarun Shankar Choudhary (Author), Sarmila Mazumder (Author), Øystein Ariansen Haaland (Author), Sunita Taneja (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Jose Martines (Author), Maharaj Kishan Bhan (Author), Kjell Arne Johansson (Author), Halvor Sommerfelt (Author), Nita Bhandari (Author), Ole F Norheim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Kangaroo mother care (KMC) can substantially enhance overall survival of low birthweight babies. In a large randomized controlled trial, we recently showed that supporting mothers to provide community initiated KMC (ciKMC) can reduce mortality among infants up to 180 days of life...