CHAMPS researchers represented the network with great spirit at the 70th annual ASTMH meeting this past week. Colleagues from across our 7 sites and the U.S. program office presented 22 abstracts on a diverse set of topics in child and maternal health, infectious disease, population demographics, social-behavioral sciences, and more.

Many thanks to our exceptional presenters and to everyone who engaged with CHAMPS throughout the week!

Highlights from our presentations may be found below. Please send any questions to info@champshealth.org. 

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CHAMPS #TropMed21 Presentations

Community engagement to manage rumors in health research: A case from Ethiopia

Perceptions and impact of COVID-19 on residents in rural community in Bangladesh: A qualitative rapid assessment

Cause-specific under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Adjustment for selection bias in the CHAMPS network

Yeast like fungi associated with child death and illness in Bangladesh: Findings from CHAMPS Study

Engaging Islamic religious scholars and leaders to increase acceptance of MITS procedure in a mortality surveillance program in rural Bangladesh

Population Change in Rural Eastern Ethiopia Between 2007 and 2019: Findings from an Open Dynamic Cohort Demographic Surveillance

Trends in Mortality and Perceived Cause of Death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System, 2009-2019

Lesson learned from the experience of mobilizing community volunteers for real-time identifications of stillbirths  and < 5 child deaths in a child health program in rural Bangladesh

Excessive seepage during MITS procedure: an explorative study to identify the underlying causes

Measuring growth trajectories of children under age 5 years: A novel method for extracting anthropometric data from health cards

Detection of Respiratory Pathogens using Multiplex TaqMan Array Card (TAC) among Stillbirths and Under-five Deaths in Easter Ethiopia