Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Understanding of the lifesaving benefits of KMC for babies born early or small and its continued importance during the COVID-19 pandemic are further strengthened with this new evidence on the benefits of starting the intervention immediately after birth. Among preterm or low birthweight infants, KMC has been shown to reduce infant deaths by as much as 40%, hypothermia by more than 70%, and severe infections by 65%.

• COVID-19
• Innovations & Commodities
• Kangaroo Mother Care
• Preterm birth
• Provision of Care
• Small & Sick Newborns