Have a listen as Dr. Ike Ogbuanu, Site Director & Principal Investigator of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) in Sierra Leone, discusses on Afri Radio FM 105.3 key insights of CHAMPS surveillance activities and interventions.

➡ 2017 – CHAMPS commenced operations in Sierra Leone

➡ The programme investigates factors responsible for deaths of under-five children

➡ More than 90% of child deaths are preventable

➡ Stillbirths and neonatal deaths mostly caused due to:

Poor quality of ANC care due to unavailability of key clinical resources and expertise; late referrals; little or no attention to danger signs during pregnancy (bleeding, severe vomiting, abdominal pain/cramping, swelling in the hands/face/legs, persistent backache); poor medical equipment/skill sets at health facilities to ensure safe delivery.