FRONTIERS PROJECT
Community-based Kangaroo Mother Care to Prevent Neonatal and Infant Mortality

Working with Columbia University, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), and Mitra and Associates, FRONTIERS is testing the effectiveness and costs of Community-based Kangaroo Mother Care (CKMC) that will be implemented by piggybacking CKMC instruction into an existing community-based program. Kangaroo mother care is a method for care of stable preterm or low-birth-weight infants who need thermal protection, adequate feeding, frequent observation, and protection from infection. This project will measure the effect of CKMC on neonatal and infant survival as well as birth intervals associated with neonatal and infant survival.

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Location

Four sites, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions, Bangladesh

Duration

November 2004–August 2007

Population Council researcher

Ubaidur Rob

Non-Council collaborators

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Mitra and Associates

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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See Also

• Bangladesh

• Infants and Children

• Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care

• FRONTIERS Bangladesh

• FRONTIERS Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care

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