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“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 this differently. Studies have shown that men are socialized to refrain from exhibiting grief related emotions thus it is easy to miss the adverse effects of loss and grief that they experience. […]

CHAMPS collaborates with local MoH to reduce neonatal mortality by promoting Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and Enhancing Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) in Siaya, Western Kenya

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, infections and […]

Translating findings from child mortality audits into life-saving interventions: CHAMPS Sierra Leone success story.

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 […]