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A short history
The Kangaroo Care (KC) method was
created by the Colombian paediatrician Edgar Rey in 1978, in
response to inadequate and limited incubator care in the hospital
where he worked. It was thereafter developed by H. Martines and L.
Navarrete at the Instituto Materno Infantil in Bogota, Colombia.
Since then, research has
made clear that KC is more than an alternative to incubator care. It
has been proved to be effective for maintaining body temperature,
breastfeeding and bonding irrespective of setting, weight, gestational age, and
clinical conditions.
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