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02 September 2020 02 Sep 2020

Volume 28 | Issue 9

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

How COVID-19 affects mother-baby contact

In the UK especially, it is widely accepted that physical contact between mother and baby from birth onwards is immensely beneficial for both Supported by UK Baby Friendly Initiatives standards in 2018-19 by UNICEF (2019), skin-to-skin contact assists with the regulation of the baby's temperature, heart rate, breathing as well as other benefits But how has the global pandemic impacted this practice?

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