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Skin Contact Post-Birth Reduces Infant Deaths by up to 36%

Vanessa Francisco   |

Jan 06, 2016 03:38 AM EST

A new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children's Hospital has revealed that skin-to-skin contact reduces deaths of infants with low birth weight. These infants are vulnerable, especially during their first month, and researchers encourage skin contact or kangaroo mother care (KMC). Health experts say that mothers in developing countries, which do not have advanced conventional treatments, will likely rejoice about these finding.