PARTNERS
Maternal-Infantil Hospital of Bogotá, Colombia
In September 1979, at the Maternal-Infant Institute (IMI) of Bogotá in Colombia, doctors Héctor Martinez Gómez and Edgar Rey Sanabria began to modify the traditional care of premature and low birthweight babies. The new method was coined the “Mother Kangaroo Programme”. The Mother Kangaroo Method is a model for secure and humanised attention, with an important cost-benefit ratio that allows not only for higher survival rates but also better quality of life.
Focal Point IDEASS:
Héctor Martinez Gómez M.D.
canguromet@hotmail.com
Calle 145 12-61 (603), Bogotà, Colombia
Tel: (+ 57) 1 615 13 15 / (+ 57) 1 211 24 19 / (+ 57) 1 248 88 45