In Molly Jobe’s presentation today, she proposed some ways to promote maternal-fetal attachment.  These included Talk with Me Baby, Centering Pregnancy, and Kangaroo Care.  All of these are very low cost and research has shown that they are very effective.  In fact, Kangaroo Care, is much more effective than other more expensive/invasive options such as incubators.  From a global perspective, I think these would be excellent interventions to promote as they are relatively simple, cheap, and effective!  It would just require widespread education, and for Centering Pregnancy it would require some basic equipment like a scale and blood pressure cuff.  I think its interesting to note that a form of Kangaroo Care is actually carried out in many cultures like in sub-Saharan Africa, where babies are carried most of the time snug on their mother’s back with kikwembes (cloth wraps). Funny how before new technologies were invented (like incubators and formula and C-sections that are now used extensively in many countries), people used more natural methods (like kangaroo care, breastfeeding, natural births) – and research is now showing these to actually have better outcomes.