A Hug of Life : Kangaroo care for premature babies

It takes just ₹700 to save a child.

“A Hug of Life” is a campaign aimed at raising awareness and funds to provide KMC kits to mothers of premature and low-birth-weight babies. This initiative aligns with EKAM’s commitment to reducing infant mortality by promoting life-saving practices for vulnerable newborns.

India accounts for about 3.5 million preterm births each year, the highest in the world. This makes Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) essential as it helps reduce mortality in these vulnerable newborns by providing critical warmth and bonding​.

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) includes early and prolonged skin-to-skin contact for 8-24 hours per day (as many hours as possible) with the mother or a substitute caregiver and exclusive and frequent breastfeeding. KMC is proven to save premature babies by reducing hypothermia and occurrence of illness such as severe infection/sepsis, reduce hypoglycaemia, improving baby’s growth and reducing death of the babies. 

Ekam's KMC kit contains Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) sling bag, cap-booties-mittens set.

Just at Rs. 700, a baby's life can be prolonged.