Abstract
On Oct 21–22, 2013, stakeholders in newborn health convened in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss how to accelerate the implementation of kangaroo mother care (KMC) globally. Focused attention on newborn deaths, which now account for 44% of under-5 mortality, 1 UNICEFWHOThe World BankUNLevels and trends in child mortality, report 2013. Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. United Nations Children's Fund, New York2013 Google Scholar is required to accelerate progress toward Millennium Development Goal 4 (to reduce child mortality by two-thirds) and beyond. KMC has been proven to reduce newborn mortality, but only a very small proportion of newborns who could benefit from KMC receive it. The Istanbul convening was assembled to accelerate the uptake of this life-saving intervention.
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