These simple steps are making drastic changes in infant mortality rates across the globe. Kangaroo mother care's success stems from its cost effectiveness and its simplistic and natural approach to solving a very troublesome problem. In areas like Malawi, they experience a 20% infant mortality rate due to a lack of available resources to manage child birth successfully. Now, they are seeing results as kangaroo mother care becomes accepted as a postpartum care practice. As more expecting mothers learn this instinctual form of parenting, we can expect a continued decrease in newborn death.