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Sleeping bag that is a potential lifesaver

American company Warmilu LLC invented baby warmer blankets called incublankets technology.The blankets were launched in Kenya recently and are expected to save deaths of newborn babies in Kenya from hypothermia (extremely low temperatures). (PHOTO: JAMES WANZALA/ STANDARD)

According to the World Health Organisation, 20 million children worldwide are born preterm every year.

Four million of these babies die annually from hypothermia — a dangerous condition where the body has an abnormally low temperature — and many of these deaths occur in developing countries.

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