Tag: Methodology
Protocols
February 28, 2024
CHAMPS Manual
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Program aims to identify and collect d...
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...
Protocols
August 29, 2019
CHAMPS Diagnosis standards
CHAMPS Diagnosis Standards (DS) for Determination of Cause of Death (DeCoDe) provide guidance to stand...
News
August 11, 2017
New methods uncover and address the causes of child mortality
In 2014, the United Nations labeled Kenya’s progress in reducing infant mortality “insuffi...