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Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance collects, analyzes and shares evidence to prevent child mortality in regions where it is highest.
CHAMPS Insights
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Case Examples
January 4, 2021
A child who died of a notifiable, vaccine-preventable disease, complicated by bacterial pneumonia
A 3-year-old female died at home with fever, cough, trouble breathing, night sweats, convulsions, itch and a skin rash. Her death followed that of a younger sibling, and both children were not up to date on vaccinations. Five days prior to death, she developed a fever, followed by three days of chest pain, a cough (…)
Conferences and Meetings
November 19, 2020
CHAMPS presentations from #TropMed20 now available!
CHAMPS was honored to be among those presenting at the 69th annual ASTMH meeting last week! Colleagues from our 7 sites in Africa and Asia, and the U.S. program office came together for more than 30 presentations, including a symposium on antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections as a cause of stillbirth and child death. We (…)
Case Examples
January 4, 2021
An infant with severe acute malnutrition died at home with a respiratory infection which led to identification of a notifiable condition
An 8-month old baby girl died at home after 3 days of vomiting and diarrhea, 5 days of poor feeding, 15 days of fever and cough, and 30 days of general illness. She was followed by the local health clinic for severe acute malnutrition and had been on nutritional supplements for two months with no (…)
News
April 21, 2020
CHAMPS names Cynthia Whitney as Principal Investigator and Executive Director
Promoting Change
Why CHAMPS Data Matters
Data surveillance is about tracking the meaningful data points that help us understand trends and impact real change. CHAMPS uses surveillance to help countries, public health programs, and local / global child health advocates and policymakers in their efforts to prevent childhood diseases and illnesses.
Reducing Child Mortality
Our data catalyzes evidence-driven interventions that can save the lives of millions of children.
Building Local Capacity
CHAMPS works with communities, ministries of health and national public health institutes to strengthens local health and science capacity.
Data to Action
CHAMPS transforms data into action, working with partners to use our findings to inform interventions that address under-five mortality.
Data Sharing
Our open-access data sharing and diverse, multi-sectoral partnerships drive evidence-based interventions.
Our Network
CHAMPS collects and shares data from a network of seven sites in Africa and South Asia with the highest child mortality rates. They tirelessly gather and share data — as well as real stories from the regions they serve.
The CHAMPS Story
An Organization Built for Change
Our innovative approach to collecting, analyzing and sharing the causes of stillbirth and death in children under five was created to propel interventions that can save the lives of millions of children.
Our Roots
CHAMPS was born of a need to better understand the definitive causes of child mortality in places where it is highest, and use that data to drive interventions to save child's lives.
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Our Team
The researchers, doers, thinkers, policy makers, and public health professionals that make up CHAMPS' multi-disciplinary team are dedicated to working toward saving children's lives.
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See CHAMPS Data
View CHAMPS’ summarized child mortality data, updated in real-time, and request access to our datasets.