Press – CHAMPS Health

CHAMPS Leadership Pays Courtesy Visit to Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)

On 17 August 2026, a high-powered delegation from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Nigeria Country Team and US Program Office paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), where discussions centered on surveillance, laboratory capacity, and the use of mortality data to guide health decisions in […]

“Seeing It All Come Together” – CHAMPS Leadership Visits the Special Adviser on Health to the President

Nigeria carries one of the world’s heaviest burdens of child mortality — yet a substantial share of those deaths are never registered, and many never leave the community in which they occur. Closing that gap between what happens and what is known was the central theme of a courtesy visit paid by the leadership of […]

CHAMPS Nigeria Launches National Program to End Preventable Child and Newborn Deaths

CHAMPS Nigeria brings gold standard disease surveillance and data to the fight for child survival August 18, 2026, ABUJA, NIGERIA — Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) and the University of Calabar, in partnership with State and Federal Health Agencies, today formally launched the national Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Nigeria, a landmark initiative […]

White Paper: Navigating Informed Consent in Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Involving Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS): The Kenyan Experience

We are pleased to announce the release of our latest white paper, which explores the ethical landscape of child mortality surveillance in Kenya. Developed through the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) program, this paper offers a deep dive into the complexities of obtaining voluntary informed consent for Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) in […]

Intern Spotlight | Aliani Ahamada Saif-Dinne : Shaping the Future of Research

From May 2 to September 30, 2025, Aliani Ahamada Saif-Dinne joined the CHAMPS team in Manhiça, Mozambique, contributing to the ongoing research efforts at the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM). Aliani is an MSc in Mathematical Sciences graduate from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda, specializing in Malaria Modeling. During his five-month […]

Intern Spotlight | John Oluwabori Ayanwale : Shaping the Future of Research

From May 1 to August 31, 2025, the CHAMPS Mozambique site – Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) hosted John Oluwabori Ayanwale as part of the CHAMPS internship program. John joined the team from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda. With an MSc in Mathematical Sciences and a specialized focus on Malaria Modelling, […]

Intern Spotlight | Adewole Odunayo Grace: Shaping the Future of Research

Last summer, the CHAMPS Sierra Leone team was joined by Adewole Odunayo Grace, an intern from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Rwanda. Specializing in Mathematical Epidemiology, Grace spent three months (May 15 – August 31, 2025) applying her technical background to public health surveillance. Her work focused on using mathematical modeling to better […]

Emory University receives historic $180 million research grant funding innovative efforts to prevent child mortality in developing countries

Emory University today announced that the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS), a global health network headquartered in the Emory Global Health Institute, has been awarded the university’s largest-ever single research grant. Launched in 2015, CHAMPS collects and analyzes data to help identify the causes of child mortality in the places where it’s highest. […]

How autopsies can save children’s lives

In an age in which data are more plentiful and accessible than ever before, we are accustomed to basing our decisions on as much evidence as we can gather. The more important the decision, the keener we are to ensure that our research is thorough and our information is accurate. […]

What can we learn from falling child mortality rates?

In an age when data and information are readily available, we are accustomed to basing our decisions on as much evidence as we can find. The more important the decision and its impact, the more thorough our research and the keener we are to have accurate data. […]