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CHAMPS sites are dedicated to improving access to quality healthcare. Through data-driven initiatives, we address critical issues such as neonatal infections, delays in medical care, and socioeconomic obstacles. Our impactful interventions in community health are showcased through our case studies portal, which provides local policymakers and practitioners with access to the latest CHAMPS evidence briefs and case studies, enabling them to leverage these experiences.
June 21, 2024
Case Study: Addressing Neonatal Nosocomial Infections in a Bangladeshi Hospital Facility
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…
June 28, 2024
Case Study: Identifying Delays and Barriers to Care in Mali
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…
July 30, 2024
Utilizing the CHAMPS platform to address health and non-health related issues
CHAMPS findings show high levels of poverty, and socio-economic and systematic challenges, especially in urban townships where CHAMPS operates. The majority of South Africans in…
July 30, 2024
Saving newborn babies in Quelimane Central Hospital, Mozambique: A CHAMPS-Based Intervention
Sepsis is a severe and potentially fatal clinical syndrome characterized by systemic inflammatory response to an infection, resulting in organ failure. Prevention of infections that…
July 30, 2024
Unmasking the contribution of poisoning to child mortality in Soweto South Africa: results from the CHAMPS study
Toxicology testing to detect suspected poisoning cases or cases where the cause of death is undetermined is not yet being done in the CHAMPS panel…
July 30, 2024
Improving pregnancy health and outcomes through provision of ultrasound during pregnancy: collaborative efforts between the South Africa MoH and WITS-VIDA
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least one ultrasound scan before 24 weeks of gestation (early ultrasound) to confirm fetal viability, identify the position of…
July 30, 2024
“Men grieve differently” – the importance of providing grief counseling to men who have lost children
The loss of a child is a painful and traumatic experience. Both mothers and fathers of deceased children go through grieving processes but usually, they do…
July 30, 2024
Enhancing Healthcare Referral Systems to improve maternal and birth outcomes and reduce under-5 mortality – CHAMPS catchment areas, Sierra Leone, 2023-2024
The healthcare referral system in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) catchment areas, Bombali District, Sierra Leone is inefficient, resulting in delayed and…
August 1, 2024
Improving maternal and child health outcomes in Kuoyo Health Centre, Kenya
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…
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