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Kangaroo care – why keeping baby close is better for everyone

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:27:52
Publish Date: 2017-07-23 19:01:00
Description:

A shortage of incubators and a hunch about marsupials inspired a Colombian doctor to try something radical to save premature babies’ lives: constant skin-to-skin contact with parents. It’s cheaper than high-tech neonatal care – and it may be better, too.

Written by Lena Corner Read by Kirsten Irving Produced by Barry J Gibb

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