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Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Around 70% neonatal deaths occur in low birth weight (LBW) babies. Globally, 15% of babies are born with LBW. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) appears to be an effective way to reduce mortality and morbidity among LBW babies. KMC comprises of early and continuous skin-to-skin contact between m...

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Autores principales: Mazumder, Sarmila, Taneja, Sunita, Dalpath, Suresh Kumar, Gupta, Rakesh, Dube, Brinda, Sinha, Bireshwar, Bhatia, Kiran, Yoshida, Sachiyo, Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Bahl, Rajiv, Sommerfelt, Halvor, Bhandari, Nita, Martines, Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1991-7