Many women in the southern African country of Malawi might have laughed at the idea, until recently, when Save the Children began promoting a new program called Kangaroo Mother Care, a simple, effective way for mothers to help their newborn babies survive the first critical days of life.
The need is dramatic in Malawi, where too few mothers have access to skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth, 20 percent of all newborns are born with low birth weight, and more than 20,000 mothers each year bear the tragedy of their newborn babies dying.
Encouraging new mothers to practice "skin-to-skin” contact with their newborns—like a kangaroo mother keeps her baby in her pouch— Kangaroo Mother Care has already helped save lives among newborns in Malawi, especially among low birth weight and pre-term babies.
Kangaroo Mother Care was designed to reduce hypothermia—a drop in body temperature which poses a serious risk to newborns even in the warmest climates. When a baby is born, its temperature drops because babies are born wet and room temperature air is cold on their skin. Hypothermia can set in quickly unless steps are taken to warm the baby.
The Kangaroo Mother Care program shows mothers how to keep their newborns warm with continuous skin-to-skin contact. By keeping mother and newborn together, Kangaroo Mother Care also encourages mother and child to bond emotionally and enables the baby to breastfeed at will, giving the baby the energy to produce its own body heat. In many cases, the program reduces the need for incubators, which are prohibitively expensive in developing countries.
I think mothers are holy women in the world, but still there are some who ignore their child. This story came for them. Love you child, because he/she is part of your body. Sometimes ANIMALS can teach humans how to be HUMAN!!
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