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© Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Continuous skin-to-skin contact starting immediately after delivery, even before the baby has been stabilized, can reduce mortality by 25 percent in infants with a very low birth weight. This according to a study in low- and middle-income countries coordinated by the WHO on the initiative of researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Continuous skin-to-skin contact between infant and mother, or kangaroo mother care (KMC), is one of the most effective ways to prevent infant mortality globally. The current recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) is that skin-to-skin contact should commence as soon as a low weight baby is sufficiently stable, which for those weighing under 2 kg at birth normally takes several days.

Karolinska institutetKali harrisNils bergmanRajiv bahlUniversity of stavangerDepartment of womenNewborn health researchWorld health organizationMelinda gates foundationChildren healthNew england journalLow birth weight infantsஅலி ஹாரிஸ்நில்ஸ் பெர்க்மேன்ராஜீவ் பஹ்ல்பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் ஸ்டாவ்யாஂக்‌ஜர்