Ghana’s Kangaroo Mother Care: A Historical Review on Eastern Regional Hospital KMC Excellence Centre (original) (raw)

Ghana, which is part of sub-Saharan Africa is also noted for preterm and low-birthweight births. Following the inception of Kangaroo Mother Care in Colombia, this method has gained the approval of the World Health Organization as a standard approach for the care of preterm and lowbirthweight infants. Though Ghana adopted this method in 2007, the standard Colombian approach was comprehensively introduced in Ghana after the 2015 training of 3 health professionals from the Eastern Regional Hospital. Consequently, the Eastern Regional Hospital has championed this care and trained several health workers and students. The centre has participated in several clinical and scientific meetings to share their findings.