We Build Knowledge to Save Children’s Lives

CHAMPS provides accurate, timely data that saves children’s lives in places where child mortality is highest. This new infographic illustrates the CHAMPS surveillance process from start to finish. Click here to download

CHAMPS published three new case studies today offering insights into how we transform data into action and work with partners to address under-five mortality: Malnutrition, A Major Health Challenge in Kersa, Ethiopia: Opportunities for Action from the CHAMPS network Catalyzing Data-to-Action in Western Kenya: A Case Study from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (…)

Thank you to everyone who attended today’s live webinar, An Introduction to Using CHAMPS Data with Dr. Dianna Blau. In her presentation, Dr. Blau gave an overview of how CHAMPS data are generated, where they are accessible, and ways they may be utilized. Stay tuned for future webinars exploring our data and other crucial aspects (…)

CHAMPS is proud to share our first-ever annual report. A review of our program’s fifth year (July 2019-June 2020), the report highlights progress toward our key objectives: finding and tracking the definitive causes of child mortality; generating, disseminating and encouraging the use of high-quality data to reduce the rate of child mortality around the world; (…)

Articles are ordered by date of publication beginning with most recent.   Breiman, R., Blau, D., Mutevedzi, P., Akelo, V., Mandomando, I., & Ogbuanu, I. et al. (2021). Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. PLOS Medicine, 18(9), e1003814. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003814 (…)