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Every year 15 million babies around the world are born before 37 weeks and are classed as premature. They鈥檙e very delicate and susceptible to infection, so they need to be kept in incubators, but this means they have much less skin-to-skin to contact with their mothers than most newborn babies. Something called kangaroo care can help 鈥� where a mother can hold their baby close to them for a few hours a day. But if the baby is very small or ill then even that is not always possible. Now a Chilean company called BabyBe has come up with a solution. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Jane Chambers went to intensive care unit for premature babies in San Borja Hospital in Santiago to see how it works.

Photo: Joscelyn Silva with her son Cristofer