Kangaroo Mother Care

1st European Conference on the Kangaroo Mother Care method

6-7 October 2008 Uppsala, Sweden

Main topic: Why KMC in a high tech setting?

Target group for the conferenceare persons involved in maternal and child health care, perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric care, and peer counsellors - irrespective of profession.

Key note speakers:

Nils Bergman, South Africa

Nathalie Charpak, Colombia

Melvin Konner and Susan Ludington, USA

Kerstin Ulvnäs Moberg and Ann-Marie Widström, Sweden

7th International Workshop on Kangaroo Mother Mother Care

8-11 October 2008 Uppsala, Sweden

Target group: Persons, involved in clinical work, education, administration or research - irrespective of profession. The number of participants is limited to 100 and will be distributed between countries to obtain optimal distribution.

Workshop goals: To discuss obstacles to and possibilities for KMC in high tech settings as well as in settings with limited resources, and the revised WHO guidlines for KMC, currently under preparation.

For program and further information see:

www.akademikonferens.uu.se/KMCeurope08

email: kmceurope08@akademikonferens.uu.se