Plastic wraps or bags, plastic caps, skin-to-skin contact and the transwarmer mattress are effective interventions for preventing hypothermia in preterm and/or low-birth-weight infants, although polyethylene bags have been reported to cause hyperthermia in infants. To implement community-based hypothermia prevention approaches involving behaviour change and home visits, an integrated package of preventive and curative newborn care and social networks that target multiple levels of community stakeholders should be developed and utilized.