Improving outcomes of Premature and Low Birth Weight Babies through Kangaroo Mother Care

Summary

As a component of its work to address neonatal mortality, the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) is working with Ministries of Health to implement national Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) programs in five Latin American countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Ecuador. This short report describes the technical assistance that HCI is providing to support the implementation and scale-up of the KMC program throughout all phases.