Effect of a Package of Community-Based Essential Newborn Care, Including Skin-to-Skin Care, on Neurodevelopmental Status at 7-9 Years of Age

Focusing on early and universal child development is potentially the most promising strategy to break the vicious intergenerational cycle of poverty that is perpetrating an increasingly inequitable and unjust world order. Dr. Vishwajeet Kumar and his team at Community Empowerment Lab will evaluate whether a simple package of essential newborn care practices, such as community-based skin-to-skin care, that is readily scalable and can be adopted by the poorest of families, can lead to improvements in long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Follow Community Empowerment Lab on Twitter @Community_Lab"