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When you get the right partners together, the potential is endless.
Like in India, where the quest to save more babies’ lives began with a mother’s touch.
Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care, or iKMC, is a skin-to-skin technique inspired by how Kangaroo babies stay inside their mother’s pouch. Previously done only on stable and healthy babies, the latest research shows that even unstable, pre-term or low-birth-weight babies can benefit from their mother’s touch, immediately after birth.
iKMC can potentially save an additional 150,000 newborns yearly. That’s one baby saved every 3 minutes!
“It is immensely satisfying to think that the research you have done would help save even a few lives. In this case, millions. For me, that is what keeps you going.” –Dr. Bahl, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research
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Discover stories of good people doing great things at gatesfoundation.org/potential
When you get the right partners together, the potential is endless.
Like in India, where the quest to save more babies’ lives began with a mother’s touch.
Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care, or iKMC, is a skin-to-skin technique inspired by how Kangaroo babies stay inside their mother’s pouch. Previously done only on stable and healthy babies, the latest research shows that even unstable, pre-term or low-birth-weight babies can benefit from their mother’s touch, immediately after birth.
iKMC can potentially save an additional 150,000 newborns yearly. That’s one baby saved every 3 minutes!
“It is immensely satisfying to think that the research you have done would help save even a few lives. In this case, millions. For me, that is what keeps you going.” –Dr. Bahl, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research
Subscribe to learn more about our partners across the world and their efforts toward a better future for all.
Discover stories of good people doing great things at gatesfoundation.org/potential
