Articles are ordered by date of publication, beginning with the most recent.

Building a Sample Vital Statistics System: Results from Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action (COMSA) in Mozambique. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 Supplemental Issue.

Magaço A, Alonso Y, Maixenchs M, et al. A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Its Determinants in the Implementation of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling in Children in Quelimane City, Mozambique.The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023;108(5_Suppl):56-65. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.22-0343

Mahtab S, Madhi SA, Baillie VL, Els T, Thwala BN, et al. (2023) Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 –December 2021. PLOS Global Public Health 3(3): e0001612. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001612

Steenberg, B., Sokani, A., Myburgh, N., Mutevedzi, P., & Madhi, S. A. (2023). COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout: Aspects of Hesitancy in South Africa. Vaccines, 11(2), 407. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020407

Ngere, S. H., Akelo, V., Ondeng’e, K., Ridzon, R., Otieno, P., Nyanjom, M., Omore, R., & Barr, B. A. (2022). Traditional medicine beliefs and practices among caregivers of children under five years—the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), Western Kenya: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276735

Madewell, Z. J., Whitney, C. G., Velaphi, S., et al. (2022). Prioritizing health care strategies to reduce childhood mortality. JAMA Network Open, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37689

Quincer, E., Philipsborn, R., Morof, D., Salzberg, N., Vitorino, P., & Ajanovic, S. et al. (2022). Insights on the differentiation of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths: A study from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0271662. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271662

Gonçalves, B., Procter, S., Paul, P., Chandna, J., Lewin, A., & Seedat, F. et al. (2022). Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden. The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), e807-e819. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00093-6

Paganelli, C. R., Kassebaum, N., Strong, K., Suchdev, P. S., Voskuijl, W., Bassat, Q., Blau, D. M., & Denno, D. M. (2021). Guidance for Systematic Integration of Undernutrition in Attributing Cause of Death in Children. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 73(Suppl_5), S374–S381. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab851

Degefa, K., Tadesse, A., Ackley, C. et al. Using traditional healers to treat child malnutrition: a qualitative study of health-seeking behaviour in eastern Ethiopia. BMC Public Health 22, 873 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13323-5

Das, M., Arora, N., Debata, P., Chellani, H., Rasaily, R., & Gaikwad, H. et al. (2021). Why parents agree or disagree for minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify causes of death in under-five children and stillbirth in North India: a qualitative study. BMC Pediatrics, 21(1).

Seale, A., Assefa, N., Madrid, L., Wittmann, S., Abdurahman, H., & Teferi, N. et al. (2021). Setting up child health and mortality prevention surveillance in Ethiopia. Gates Open Research, 5, 173.

Onyango, D., Akelo, V., van der Sande, M., Ridzon, R., Were, J., Agaya, J., Oele, E., Wandiga, S., Igunza, A., Young, P., Blau, D., Joseph, R., Yuen, C., Zielinski-Gutierrez, E. and Tippet-Barr, B., 2021. Causes of death in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children in the child health and mortality prevention surveillance study—Kenya. AIDS, Publish Ahead of Print.

Mutevedzi, P., Kawonga, M., Kwatra, G., Moultrie, A., Baillie, V., Mabena, N., Mathibe, M., Rafuma, M., Maposa, I., Abbott, G., Hugo, J., Ikalafeng, B., Adelekan, T., Lukhele, M. and Madhi, S., 2021. Estimated SARS-CoV-2 infection rate and fatality risk in Gauteng Province, South Africa: a population-based seroepidemiological survey. International Journal of Epidemiology.

Alam, M., Jahan, M., Jahan, S., Blau, D., Rahman, A., Rahman, M., Hossain, M., Gurley, E., Arifeen, S. and Rahman, M., 2021. Coding-Complete Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.25 Lineage Obtained from an 8-Day-Old Deceased Neonate. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(35).

Lee, K., Chowdhury, A., Rahman, Q., Cunningham, S., Parveen, S., Bari, S., Arifeen, S. and Gurley, E., 2021. Persistence of child marriage in rural Bangladesh and impact on maternal and perinatal health: findings from a health and demographic surveillance system. 

Munguambe, K., Maixenchs, M., Anselmo, R., Blevins, J., Ordi, J., Mandomando, I., Breiman, R., Bassat, Q. and Menéndez, C. (2021). Consent to minimally invasive tissue sampling procedures in children in Mozambique: A mixed-methods study. PLOS ONE, 16(11), p.e0259621.

Breiman, R., Blau, D., Mutevedzi, P., Akelo, V., Mandomando, I., & Ogbuanu, I. et al. (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. PLOS Medicine, 18(9), e1003814.

Kwon C, Naser AM, Eilerts H et al. Pregnancy Surveillance Methods within Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Gates Open Res 2021, 5:144

Blau, D., Baillie, V., Els, T., Mahtab, S., Mutevedzi, P., & Keita, A. et al. (2021). Deaths Attributed to Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Children in High–Mortality Rate Settings: Report from Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(Supplement_3), S218-S228.

Mazur, N., Löwensteyn, Y., Willemsen, J., Gill, C., Forman, L., & Mwananyanda, L. et al. (2021). Global Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Infant Community Deaths. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(Supplement_3), S229-S237.

Johnstone, S., Page, N., Thomas, J., Madhi, S., Mutevedzi, P., & Myburgh, N. et al. (2021). Diarrhoeal diseases in Soweto, South Africa, 2020: a cross-sectional community survey. BMC Public Health, 21(1).

Assefa, N., Hassen, J., Admassu, D., Brhane, M., Deressa, M., & Marami, D. et al. (2021). COVID-19 Testing Experience in a Resource-Limited Setting: The Use of Existing Facilities in Public Health Emergency Management. Frontiers in Public Health, 9.

Massinga, A., Garrine, M., Messa, A., Nobela, N., Boisen, N., & Massora, S. et al. (2021). Klebsiella spp. cause severe and fatal disease in Mozambican children: antimicrobial resistance profile and molecular characterization. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1).

Preslar, J., Worrell, M., Kaiser, R., Cain, C., Samura, S., & Jambai, A. et al. (2021). Effect of Delays in Maternal Access to Healthcare on Neonatal Mortality in Sierra Leone: A Social Autopsy Case–Control Study at a Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Site. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(8), 1326-1335.

Adedini, S., Thaele, D., Sello, M., Mutevedzi, P., Hywinya, C., & Ngwenya, N. et al. (2021). Approaches, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned in setting up an urban-based Health and Demographic Surveillance System in South Africa. Global Health Action, 14(1), 1874138.

Islam, M., Al-Masud, A., Maixenchs, M., Cossa, S., Guilaze, R., & Diarra, K. et al. (2021). Rumor surveillance in support of minimally invasive tissue sampling for diagnosing the cause of child death in low-income countries: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 16(1), e0244552.

Taylor, A., Blau, D., Bassat, Q., Onyango, D., Kotloff, K., & Arifeen, S. et al. (2020). Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study. The Lancet Global Health, 8(7), e909-e919.

Madhi, S., Pathirana, J., Baillie, V., Cutland, C., Adam, Y., & Izu, A. et al. (2019). An Observational Pilot Study Evaluating the Utility of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling to Determine the Cause of Stillbirths in South African Women. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S342-S350.

Raghunathan, P., Madhi, S., & Breiman, R. (2019). Illuminating Child Mortality: Discovering Why Children Die. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S257-S259.

Dowell, S., Zaidi, A., & Heaton, P. (2019). Why Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance? Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S260-S261.

Salzberg, N., Sivalogan, K., Bassat, Q., Taylor, A., Adedini, S., & El Arifeen, S. et al. (2019). Mortality Surveillance Methods to Identify and Characterize Deaths in Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network Sites. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S262-S273.

Cunningham, S., Shaikh, N., Nhacolo, A., Raghunathan, P., Kotloff, K., & Naser, A. et al. (2019). Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S274-S279.

Blevins, J., O’Mara Sage, E., Kone, A., Maixenchs, M., Raghunathan, P., & Guilaze, R. et al. (2019). Using Participatory Workshops to Assess Alignment or Tension in the Community for Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Prior to Start of Child Mortality Surveillance: Lessons From 5 Sites Across the CHAMPS Network. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S280-S290.

Rakislova, N., Fernandes, F., Lovane, L., Jamisse, L., Castillo, P., & Sanz, A. et al. (2019). Standardization of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Specimen Collection and Pathology Training for the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S302-S310.

Diaz, M., Waller, J., Theodore, M., Patel, N., Wolff, B., & Benitez, A. et al. (2019). Development and Implementation of Multiplex TaqMan Array Cards for Specimen Testing at Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Site Laboratories. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S311-S321.

Martines, R., Ritter, J., Gary, J., Shieh, W., Ordi, J., & Hale, M. et al. (2019). Pathology and Telepathology Methods in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S322-S332.

Blau, D., Caneer, J., Philipsborn, R., Madhi, S., Bassat, Q., & Varo, R. et al. (2019). Overview and Development of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Determination of Cause of Death (DeCoDe) Process and DeCoDe Diagnosis Standards. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S333-S341.

Chawana, R., Baillie, V., Izu, A., Solomon, F., Bassat, Q., & Blau, D. et al. (2019). Potential of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling for Attributing Specific Causes of Childhood Deaths in South Africa: A Pilot, Epidemiological Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S361-S373.

O’Mara Sage, E., Munguambe, K., Blevins, J., Guilaze, R., Kosia, B., & Maixenchs, M. et al. (2019). Investigating the Feasibility of Child Mortality Surveillance With Postmortem Tissue Sampling: Generating Constructs and Variables to Strengthen Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S291-S301.

Madhi, S., Pathirana, J., Baillie, V., Izu, A., Bassat, Q., & Blau, D. et al. (2019). Unraveling Specific Causes of Neonatal Mortality Using Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling: An Observational Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(Supplement_4), S351-S360.

Vitorino, P., Varo, R., Castillo, P., Hurtado, J., Fernandes, F., & Valente, A. et al. (2019). Sneathia amnii and Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Stillbirth, Mozambique. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(8), 1614-1616.