We Build Knowledge to Save Children’s Lives

On July 21, 2022, members of the CHAMPS Sierra Leone site team gathered with local and international partners to celebrate the official opening of a new clinical research laboratory at the Makeni Regional Government Hospital. Built in partnership with the CDC Foundation and the Ministry of Health and furnished by CHAMPS, this laboratory space will (…)

CHAMPS team members from across the network gathered for a scientific analysis and writing workshop in South Africa. The diversity of scientific expertise from members of the CHAMPS network creates a special opportunity for knowledge-sharing, feedback, and collaboration. Participants spent the week working on manuscripts for publication and exploring new avenues for sharing CHAMPS findings (…)

The CHAMPS team in Mali has published a new case study providing a retrospective review of CHAMPS cases in Bamako and mapping each case’s clinical pathway through local health systems. This exercise allowed the team to identify potential delays and barriers to seeking, providing, or escalating care for children under five years of age. The (…)

CHAMPS has published a new case study led by researchers at the CHAMPS Bangladesh site. In this case study, members of the CHAMPS team in Bangladesh identified a series of nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections that were contributing to neonatal deaths in a Special Care Newborn Unit of a local hospital facility. Swab assessments were conducted (…)

CHAMPS Kenya Site Directors, Dr. Victor Akelo and Dr. Dickens Onyango, are joined in this presentation by members of the Kenya Site team, Janet Agaya, Bob Awino, Elizabeth Oele, and Maureen Rapondi. The panel presents an overview of the Kenya Site’s activities and shares how they have used CHAMPS data to implement projects that improve (…)