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Kangaroo mother care

Continuous skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding support for small and premature newborns.

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Charities doing this work

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Supports kangaroo mother care: skin-to-skin care that helps small and premature newborns survive.
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GiveWell: files.givewell.org/files/metrics/GiveWell_Metrics_Report_2024.pdf (opens in a new tab)

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Does kangaroo mother care work?: No evaluator has published an evidence rating for this approach that we can quote. See the sources on this page for the full reasoning.