Kangaroo Mother Care in Vietnam: A National Survey of a Middle-Income Country.
Francesco CavallinDaniele TrevisanutoTran Viet TiepNguyen Thi Ngoc DiepVuong Thi HaoDoan Thi NganNguyen Thi ThuyNguyen Thi Xuan HoiLuciano MocciaPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Our survey estimated a limited implementation of KMC in Vietnamese maternity hospitals, with marked variations across the different levels of maternity services. Areas of improvements include increasing the duration of skin-to-skin contact, arranging dedicated spaces for KMC, involving the relatives (especially at district level), extending the availability of a written protocol, improving the eligibility process, and implementing early discharge and follow-up monitoring.