We Build Knowledge to Save Children’s Lives

[Atlanta, USA/ Potsdam, Germany] – Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) announce a new partnership aimed at applying technology and research to advance the understanding of causes of stillbirths and child deaths in Africa. This collaboration will focus on three key pillars: technology transfer to incorporate AI and other (…)

In 2021, there were 104.7 deaths per 1,000 live births among children under the age of 5 in Sierra Leone (1). From the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) findings of 610 minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) cases reviewed from February 2019 to December 2022, the determination of cause of death (DeCoDe) expert panel (…)

UNICEF’s target for neonatal mortality rate (NMR) is 12 per 1000 live births [1], however, in Kenya the neonatal mortality rate has remained significantly high at 21 deaths per 1,000 live births [2]. The Child  Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) identified key causes of neonatal deaths related to complications of intrapartum events, complications of prematurity, (…)

To reduce child mortality, a systemic approach addressing infrastructural needs, knowledge/skills acquisition and retention by health care workers, demand creation for good quality health care services, as well as provision of clinical supplies is crucial. Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Kenya has continually supported Kuoyo Health Center to realize a holistic approach to preventing (…)

Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Enterobacter cloacae are linked to most hospital-acquired infections globally. However, there are still gaps in understanding their resistance to antibiotics. To address this, CHAMPS conducted a study in Sierra Leone to describe the antimicrobial susceptibility of these bacteria isolated from postmortem blood samples of stillbirths and children under five. The (…)