Kangaroo care
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kangaroo-care-162-10941130
title:
Kangaroo care
text:
Kangaroo mother care (KMC), which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants. The technique and intervention is the recommended evidence-based care for LBW infants by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2003. In the 2003 WHO Kangaroo Mother Care practical guide, KMC is defined as a "powerful, easy-to-use method to promote the health and well-being of infants born preterm as well as full-term", with its key components bein
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Technique of newborn care
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_care
date created:
2004-08-20T16:17:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T11:40:44Z
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13
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