Figure 1

Kangaroo Mother Care, showing health systems requirements by level of care. Any items available at the basic level should be available at the higher level. For more details of special care and neonatal intensive care requirements see Moxon et al. paper on inpatient care of small and sick newborns in this supplement. KMC: Kangaroo Mother Care. Part A: Kangaroo mother care for preterm babies. Part B: Care of term babies. ¹KMC is not the same as skin-to-skin care alone. KMC involves continuous prolonged skin-to-skin contact with the infant placed on top of the mother's chest in a prone vertical position (Kangaroo Position), support for breastmilk feeding and a supportive environment. Neonatal intensive care image source: Syane Luntungan/Jhpiego. Intermediate or special care image source: ^©EFCNI. Basic preterm care image source: Save the Children. Basic newborn care image source: Joyce Godwin.