Executive summary: Ansh, a Charity Entrepreneurship incubated charity, is delivering Kangaroo Care to low birth weight and premature babies in India, saving an estimated 98 lives per year at a cost of $2077 per life saved, and plans to scale up to additional hospitals and improve the intervention through behavioral science.
Key points:
Neonatal mortality is a major cause of death worldwide, especially for low birth weight (LBW) and premature babies in low and middle-income countries.
Kangaroo Care (KC), involving prolonged skin-to-skin contact, exclusive breastfeeding, and close monitoring, can significantly reduce mortality, sepsis, and hypothermia in LBW neonates.
Ansh is implementing KC in government hospitals in Rajasthan, India, providing training, equipment, counseling, referrals, and follow-up to over 900 babies so far.
Conservative estimates suggest Ansh is saving 4 lives per month per facility at a cost of $2077 per life saved, which is cost-effective compared to other interventions like bednets for malaria.
Ansh plans to improve KC adherence through collaborations with behavioral scientists and to scale up to additional hospitals in Rajasthan and other Indian states in the next 5 years.
The long-term goal is to transition to government funding and implementation, with Ansh providing technical assistance and monitoring, and to expand to other countries with high neonatal mortality.
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Executive summary: Ansh, a Charity Entrepreneurship incubated charity, is delivering Kangaroo Care to low birth weight and premature babies in India, saving an estimated 98 lives per year at a cost of $2077 per life saved, and plans to scale up to additional hospitals and improve the intervention through behavioral science.
Key points:
Neonatal mortality is a major cause of death worldwide, especially for low birth weight (LBW) and premature babies in low and middle-income countries.
Kangaroo Care (KC), involving prolonged skin-to-skin contact, exclusive breastfeeding, and close monitoring, can significantly reduce mortality, sepsis, and hypothermia in LBW neonates.
Ansh is implementing KC in government hospitals in Rajasthan, India, providing training, equipment, counseling, referrals, and follow-up to over 900 babies so far.
Conservative estimates suggest Ansh is saving 4 lives per month per facility at a cost of $2077 per life saved, which is cost-effective compared to other interventions like bednets for malaria.
Ansh plans to improve KC adherence through collaborations with behavioral scientists and to scale up to additional hospitals in Rajasthan and other Indian states in the next 5 years.
The long-term goal is to transition to government funding and implementation, with Ansh providing technical assistance and monitoring, and to expand to other countries with high neonatal mortality.
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