CHAMPS
Study/research: Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)
PI/PIS: Professor Anthoney Scott/ Professor Nega Assefa
Lead Institution: Haramaya University and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Implementation Year: 2017
Status of the project: ongoing
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Summary
The CHAMPS project aimed to determine the cause of child death and stillbirth, as well as the cause of life threating illness in Harar, Harmaya and Kersa, Eastern Ethiopia. CHAMPS-Ethiopia was established health surveillance in Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Harar, Haramaya District Hospital, and Kersa health centers through Health and Demographic Surveillance (HDSS). If parents provide consent, CHAMPS teams collect tissue samples and uses sophisticated laboratory analysis and expert panel review to determine causes of death. we collect tissue and body fluid samples that undergo testing. We gather information from clinical records. And through verbal autopsy we record the family’s story. For stillbirth and newborn deaths, we collect maternal clinical information.
