Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is simple skin-to-skin contact where the baby is placed upright on the mother’s chest. It is not just emotional — it is strong medical science. Benefits for Newborn: • Maintains body temperature naturally • Stabilizes heart rate & breathing • Improves weight gain • Promotes better breastfeeding • Reduces infections • Improves sleep • Builds strong emotional bonding Especially important for low birth weight and preterm babies, but beneficial for all newborns. Just 1–2 h

Can you practice skin-to-skin contact with your baby if you have confirmed or suspected COVID-19? Absolutely! Immediate skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding improve infant survival and provide lifelong health advantages for all newborns and their mothers. Following standard infection prevention and control measures, the numerous benefits of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding significantly outweigh the risks associated with COVID-19. Breast milk is not a means of transmission of the COVID-1