Data were gathered through a collaborative initiative to investigate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns on child and maternal health, economic hardships, and access to care for children and pregnant women by the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network. The data were gathered in Bamako, the capital city of Mali (population […]
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Characterizing Undernutrition Among Infants Aged 1 to 6 Months in High Mortality African Sites within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network
Midwives’ experiences of performing obstetric ultrasounds in antenatal care in eastern Ethiopia: Qualitative exploratory study
Background: In 2016, the World Health Organization recommended inclusion of an ultrasound scan as part of routine antenatal care to improve pregnancy outcomes. However, most rural women in Ethiopia do not have access to ultrasound scanning as part of their routine antenatal care. Recently, ultrasonography services were introduced at health centers in Harar, Kersa, and […]
Initial Death Notification Results from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Sierra Leone Pilot Phase, October 2017 to February 2018
Development Of Multiplex Taqman Array Cards for The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Program
Optimization Of Extraction Procedures for Diverse Clinical Specimen Types and Global Implementation of Multiplex Taqman Array Cards for The Child Health And Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Program
The discrepancy of antemortem clinical diagnosis and postmortem autopsy diagnosis of lung pathologies in under-five deaths and the reasons for discrepancies: a case series analysis
Background Diagnostic autopsy is the most reliable approach to definitively ascertain the cause of death and evaluate the accuracy of antemortem clinical diagnoses. Identifying diagnostic discrepancies is vital to understanding common gaps in antemortem clinical diagnoses and modifying antemortem diagnostic approaches to increase the accuracy of clinical diagnosis. The objective of this study was to […]
Comparison of causes of stillbirth and child deaths as determined by verbal autopsy and minimally invasive tissue sampling
In resource-limited settings where vital registration and medical death certificates are unavailable or incomplete, verbal autopsy (VA) is often used to attribute causes of death (CoD) and prioritize resource allocation and interventions. We aimed to determine the CoD concordance between InterVA and CHAMPS’s method. The causes of death (CoDs) of children […]
Health professionals’ perspectives on the role of obstetric ultrasonography in maternity care in rural eastern Ethiopia: a qualitative descriptive study
Objective The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess healthcare providers’ perspectives on maternity care following the introduction of ultrasound services in the area. Design The qualitative descriptive study. Study setting This study was carried out in health centres under Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) pregnancy surveillance catchment areas in Kersa, Haramaya […]
An Upsurge of Measles Cases in Mali—a Consequence of Pandemic-associated Disruption in Routine Immunization
Measles deaths highlight immunization program gaps. In the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance study in Mali, we observed a rise in under-5 measles-related deaths in 2022 that corresponded with increased measles cases at the same time and a decline in measles vaccine coverage in Mali in 2020. […]