Kangaroo Mother Care

Also written as KMC.

Maternal and newborn care: antenatal care, skilled attendance at birth, essential newborn care (warmth, early breastfeeding, cord care), kangaroo mother care and care of sick newborns, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and family planning with birth spacing.

What our notes say

• Maternal and newborn care: antenatal care, skilled attendance at birth, essential newborn care (warmth, early breastfeeding, cord care), kangaroo mother care and care of sick newborns, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and family planning with birth spacing. (Paediatrics end of fourth year main exam: 1 July 2019, Paper One, 99 of 100 MCQs)
• A multistakeholder group of newborn health advocates proposed accelerating global kangaroo mother care (KMC) as the standard of care for preterm infants. (Prematurity)

Study material on Kangaroo Mother Care

• Prematurity
• Prematurity
• Basic Paediatric protocol 5th edition FOR PRINT 31st Oct 2022
• Basic Paediatric protocal 5th edition Edited

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