Achieving high coverage of Kangaroo mother care practice is possible: Lessons from implementation research for accelerating scale-up in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.

Achieving high coverage of KMC is possible through the design of context-specific implementation strategies. The key factors for success were the commitment and strong leadership from the regional health bureau, strong linkages within the health system and between different departments within health facilities, improved health worker knowledge, skills and attitudes, hospitals and health centres that supported KMC performance, and systematic generation and use of data for continuous quality improvement.