Impact · First Embrace

Kano · since February 2026

Our impact

Live figures from our care teams on the ward, refreshed periodically. All of our data is shared with the Kano State Ministry of Health.

Babies cared for

585

Premature and low-birthweight newborns enrolled in our Kangaroo Care program.

Currently in care

Babies actively in the program right now: enrolled and not yet discharged.

Kangaroo Care initiation

95%

557 of 585 babies

Share of babies who began Kangaroo Care, the continuous skin-to-skin contact that keeps newborns warm, stable, and feeding.

Registered on day of birth

47%

273 of 585

Babies enrolled on the day of birth, which reduces their risk of dying by 25% compared to waiting.

Still receiving Kangaroo Care at day 28

95%

379 of 398 followed up

Of babies followed up at day 28, the share still practising Kangaroo Care at home.

Survived to day 28

92%

398 of 431

Babies confirmed alive at their day-28 follow-up, the program’s core survival outcome.

Neonatal mortality rate

Newborn deaths within 28 days, as a share of babies who reached day 28 (WHO definition).

Newborn deaths

Newborns enrolled in the program who did not survive. Each is recorded with the family’s care team.

Outcomes

The difference we make

How the program changes the odds for a newborn, from enrolment through to day 28.

Neonatal mortality: premature and underweight newborns

Our method for estimating national vulnerable neonatal mortality replicates the approach used by GiveWell here. We prospectively collect our hospital baselines ourselves. See methodology here.

From enrolment to survival

Day-28 stages include only babies who have already reached day 28.

Day-28 outcomes

Day-28 follow-up status

Over time

How the program has grown

Month by month since the program began.

Babies cared for (cumulative)

New babies per month

Kangaroo Care initiation by month

Registered within 24h by month

Our impact

The difference we make

How the program has grown

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