On World Prematurity Day, an example of the lifesaving power of skin-to-skin contact. Phillip holds his newborn son at a hospital in Ghana. He and his wife Gloria are using ‘kangaroo care’, where parents without access to incubators hold newborns constantly against their skin to keep them warm. Close body contact helps stabilize babies’ body temperatures, steady their heart rates and help their breathing.

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