This MCSP co-authored article published in the journal BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth aims to: 1) use a 12-country analysis to explore health system bottlenecks affecting the scale-up of kangaroo mother care; (2) propose solutions to the most significant bottlenecks; and (3) outline priority actions for scale-up.
The 12 countries reviewed in the article are: Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.