Experiences of Xhosa women providing Kangaroo mother care in a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa

22 Nov Experiences of Xhosa women providing Kangaroo mother care in a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa

Kangaroo mother care has been recognized as a credible intervention to improve preterm birth outcomes by the World Health Organization. Kangaroo mother care requires high user engagement and consists of continuous skin-to-skin contact between the mother and infant and exclusive breastfeeding.