Kangaroo mother care (KMC), which places newborns in skin-to-skin contact with their mothers’ breast, to promote thermal regulation, breastfeeding, and maternal-infant bonding, has been shown to reduce morbidity in low birthweight newborns.  Section member Dr. Nancy Sloan and her colleagues, working in rural Bangaladesh, tested this method to determine if it would reduce mortality as well. Although 40 percent of the newborns in the study were not weighed at birth, compromising the outcome of the study, this was the first study to assess the affect of KMC on newborn and infant survival, and Dr. Sloan and her colleagues will continue to study the value of this strategy in helping Third World infants survive and thrive.  To read the full article in Pediatrics, go to http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/121/5/e1047 .