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Data Overview

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Turning Insights into Action

These data provide summaries of the CHAMPS-eligible and enrolled cases across all surveillance sites, offering a clear understanding of child mortality causes. Causes of death are categorized by CHAMPS’ site, etiology, CHAMPS mortality categories, age group, and other filters. Causes of death can be viewed by all causes or specific etiologies, offering critical insights to support paediatric health interventions, and promote child survival action.  

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Explore how CHAMPS’ real-time data identifies child mortality causes for under-five, enabling us to save lives. 

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Neonatal Mortality

Percentage of neonatal deaths per site

Source: CHAMPS DeCoDe Panel

As of 2022 Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest rate of neonatal mortality with 27 deaths per 1000 live births with central and southern Asian having 21 deaths per 1000 live births. 75% of neonatal deaths occur within the first week of life; leading causes of death include premature birth, birth complications such as birth asphyxia/trauma, infections, and congenital abnormalities. At the current rate of reduction 64 countries will still fall short of meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals target to reduce neonatal mortality [1] .

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Malnutrition

The effects of malnutrition on child mortality in developing countries.

Source: CHAMPS DeCoDe Panel

The CHAMPS Network gathers cause of death data for stillbirths and children under 5 in seven countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Between 2016 and 2022, 1,336 cases had their cause of death determined. Using WHO Child Growth Standards, 73.8% of cases showed moderate-to-severe malnutrition, with 56.4% suffering from severe malnutrition at death. Malnutrition was the underlying cause of death in 319 cases, a contributing factor in 426 cases, and an immediate cause in 2 cases. Among the 426 cases, 77 were linked to HIV-related wasting syndrome.

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Malaria

Number of deaths by site and proportion of deaths that had malaria anywhere in the causal chain.

Source: CHAMPS Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS)

The CHAMPS Network collects cause of death data for stillbirths and children under 5 across seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2016, 5,894 cases have been examined using Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS), with 4,661 cases having a cause of death identified. Malaria-related deaths were concentrated in Sierra Leone, Kenya, Mozambique, and Mali, with just one case in South Africa. No malaria deaths were reported in Ethiopia or Bangladesh.

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Malaria

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