Tag: CHAMPS Impact

Case Studies
September 6, 2023
Case Study: Health Demographic Surveillance System Mapping Experience and Mapping in Manyatta, Kenya
The CHAMPS team in Kenya has published a new case study on the integrated Health and Demographic Surve...

Conferences and Meetings
March 28, 2023
CHAMPS 2023 Network Meeting Held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The CHAMPS network met on March 13-17th, 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting brought together 1...

Conferences and Meetings
October 26, 2022
CHAMPS at #TropMed22
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) hosted its 71st Annual Meeting from O...

Case Studies
June 28, 2022
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 case...

Webinars
May 27, 2022
Transforming Data to Action: A Webinar with the CHAMPS Kenya Site Team
CHAMPS Kenya Site Directors, Dr. Victor Akelo and Dr. Dickens Onyango, are joined in this presentation...

Conferences and Meetings
April 28, 2022
2022 CHAMPS Network Leadership Meeting Takes Place in Atlanta
CHAMPS leaders, staff, and partners gathered virtually and in-person in Atlanta for three days of enga...

Conferences and Meetings
March 8, 2022
Webinar – A Deeper Dive into CHAMPS Data
Join Dr. Dianna Blau for another interactive session on using and analyzing CHAMPS data. Building on o...

Scientific Publications
December 7, 2021
CHAMPS Data in Research: Global RSV-Related Infant Community Deaths
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of pediatric death, with >99% of mortality occ...

Conferences and Meetings
November 22, 2021
CHAMPS #TropMed21 Presentations
CHAMPS researchers represented the network with great spirit at the 70th annual ASTMH meeting this pas...

Conferences and Meetings
November 12, 2021
CHAMPS #TropMed21 Schedule
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) will hold its 70th Annual Meeting virtua...

Conferences and Meetings
November 4, 2021
Webinar Recording – CHAMPS Social-Behavioral Sciences Presentation and Discussion
Thank you to everyone who attended our session with Social-Behavioral Science leaders across the CHAMP...

Scientific Publications
October 15, 2021
Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network
The current burden of >5 million deaths yearly is the focus of the Sustainable Development Goal (SD...

October 6, 2021
New Visual Guide to CHAMPS Data
CHAMPS provides accurate, timely data that saves children’s lives in places where child mortalit...

Scientific Publications
September 1, 2021
CHAMPS Scientific Publications
Articles are ordered by date of publication, beginning with the most recent. Building a Sample Vital S...

News
July 30, 2021
News Update from CHAMPS Partners in Mozambique
CHAMPS partners at Manhiça Health Research Center (CISM) in Mozambique have published their first news...

News
July 22, 2021
Apply to Join the CHAMPS Network
CHAMPS is growing. We are accepting applications for a new CHAMPS site to be located in Nigeria, Pakis...

Reports
March 12, 2021
CHAMPS Year 5 Annual Report
CHAMPS is proud to share our first-ever annual report. A review of our program’s fifth year (July 2019...

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, 1...

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...

Case Examples
October 23, 2018
An infant with severe malnutrition who died at home with a respiratory infection led to the diagnosis of pneumonia and found a previously unknown HIV infection
A 6 month old baby girl died at home after a week of fever, trouble breathing and cold extremities. Sh...

Case Examples
October 23, 2018
A child who died of cerebral malaria complicated by a serious undiagnosed bacterial infection
A three year old boy came to a health center after 3 days of fever, severe headache, vomiting a...

Case Examples
October 14, 2018
A stillbirth caused by a notifiable infectious condition that suggested public health action
A stillborn baby boy was delivered at the hospital to a mother who was HIV positive and pregnant with ...

Case Examples
October 14, 2018
A newborn who died from brain injury and aspiration pneumonia due to her mother’s obstructed labor
At a hospital, a first-time mother’s labor took longer than expected. Her water broke and contained me...

News
September 6, 2017
CHAMPS Technology Solves Unexplained Cluster of Deaths in Liberia
Mystery Illnesses in Liberia: 31 cases, 13 deaths (case fatality rate: 42%) * Early Tuesday morning, A...