Can the warmth of a parent's chest be a boon to babies, especially premature births? In the 1970s, Colombian researchers found it did. The technique has gone global. Ivory Coast is the latest convert.
New father Yappe Pako gets help with his kangaroo care carrier from midwife Marie-Josée Miezan. His newborn son is named Ambo Crisostome. They're in the kangaroo care ward at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville in the Ivory Coast. A new program teaches the technique to moms — and dads. It's especially beneficial for preterm and low birthweight babies.Many low-resource areas of the world are short on medical technology, including incubators.
Since 1983, the practice has slowly spread around the world – for low-weight full-term babies as well as preemies and in wealthy nations as well as resource-poor countries. Fathers are being recruited as well – babies don't care which parent is the kangaroo. Dr. Some Chantière checks on children in the newborn intensive care unit at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville."There was a lot of death and lack of knowledge on how to take care of premature babies among the parents we were discharging, so we had to start this," the doctor says of the kangaroo care training program.
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