Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study

• Anayda Portela,
• Rajiv Bahl,
• Sarmila Mazumder,
• Nita Bhandari,
• Jose Martines,
• Lynn M Sibley,
• Ramesh Agarwal,
• Gary L Darmstadt,
• Khalid Aziz,
• Thomas Brune,
• Araya Abrha Medhanyie,
• Selemawit Asfaw Beyene,
• John N Cranmer,
• Dereje Duguma,
• Addisalem Fikre,
• Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu,
• H L Mohan,
• Arin Kar,
• Raghav Krishna,
• Aarti Kumar,
• Vishwajeet Kumar,
• Mulusew Lijalem Belew,
• Prem K Mony,
• Abiy Seifu Estifanos,
• Henok Tadele,
• Abraham Tariku,
• Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse,
• Marta Yemane Hadush,
• Grace J Chan,
• Krishnamurthy Jayanna,
• Tarun Kumar,
• Pankaj Kumar,
• Sonia Trikha,
• Damen HaileMariam,
• Alok Kumar,
• Arun Singh Jadaun,
• Fitsum W/Gebriel,
• Lamesgin Alamineh,
• Maryann Washington,
• Dejene Hailu Kassa,
• Hajira Amin Mohammed,
• Tedros Hailu Abay,
• Fisseha Ashebir Gebregizabher,
• Selamawit Mengesha Bilal,
• Mesfin Kote Debere,
• Suresh Kumar Dalpath,
• Samson Yohannes Amare,
• Arti Sahu,
• Prabhu Deva Gowda,
• Pramod Kumar Singh,
• Dawit Seyoum Gebremariam,
• Harsh Vardhan Jaiswal,
• Suman Rao PN

Affiliations

Anayda Portela

Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Rajiv Bahl

14 Newborn Health Unit, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Sarmila Mazumder

Center for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Nita Bhandari

Center for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Jose Martines

Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Lynn M Sibley

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Ramesh Agarwal

Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, India

Gary L Darmstadt

1 Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

Khalid Aziz

Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Thomas Brune

Sachs’ Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Araya Abrha Medhanyie

School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Selemawit Asfaw Beyene

School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

John N Cranmer

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Dereje Duguma

Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addisalem Fikre

St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu

Emory Ethiopia-Country Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

H L Mohan

Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Rajajinagar, India

Arin Kar

Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Rajajinagar, India

Raghav Krishna

Community Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Aarti Kumar

Community Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Vishwajeet Kumar

Community Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mulusew Lijalem Belew

Emory Ethiopia-Amhara Regional Office, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Prem K Mony

Division of Epidemiology & Population Health, St John`s Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India

Abiy Seifu Estifanos

School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Henok Tadele

College of Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abraham Tariku

Maternal & Child Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Marta Yemane Hadush

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Grace J Chan

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Krishnamurthy Jayanna

Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India

Tarun Kumar

Center for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Pankaj Kumar

National Health Mission, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sonia Trikha

State Health Systems Resource Center, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Damen HaileMariam

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alok Kumar

Governent of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Arun Singh Jadaun

Center for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Fitsum W/Gebriel

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Lamesgin Alamineh

Emory Ethiopia-Amhara Regional Office, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Maryann Washington

St John’s Research Institute, St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India

Dejene Hailu Kassa

College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Hajira Amin Mohammed

Emory Ethiopia-Country Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tedros Hailu Abay

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Fisseha Ashebir Gebregizabher

Tigray Regional Health Bureau, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Selamawit Mengesha Bilal

School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Mesfin Kote Debere

School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Suresh Kumar Dalpath

State Health Systems Resource Center, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Samson Yohannes Amare

Department of Software Engineering, School of Computing, College of Science and Technology, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Arti Sahu

Community Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prabhu Deva Gowda

Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Services, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, India

Pramod Kumar Singh

Community Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Dawit Seyoum Gebremariam

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Harsh Vardhan Jaiswal

Center for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Suman Rao PN

Department of Neonatology, St John`s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India