Kersa HDSS in Hopes for New CHAMPS Network Project Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance and notify the different stakeholders of the result. The (CHAMPS) Network team met specimens are expected to be stored in local storage facilities; with Haramaya University’s President, Vice-President and Directors on 3rd Nov. 2016 to some would be sent to the Central Storage Facility at the discuss the new project that works on the tracking and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After the prevention of child health and mortality. The project so far data are analyzed, the panel members such as family has selected six sites in the world with high mortality rate of members and clinicians who have been taking care of the children under-5 and would work on identifying main areas child or children would be notified of the cause of death. of focus, tracking child mortality and mortality prevention. In the discussion session held at the President’s Kersa/Harar HDSS including Hiwot Fana Referral Hospital Office, questions were raised and the team gave their is among the six sites. The main idea of the Network is to feedback. one raised concern was the integration and linkage share collected pathology of the project with the learning-teaching process in the data from the different sites, hopefully in real-time, with the University. The team pointed out that the project is a ‘robust Central Storage Facility using telepathology to analyze, share with a multidisciplinary dimension, from which project’
Kersa HDSS in Hopes for New CHAMPS Network Project Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network team met with Haramaya University’s President, Vice-President and Directors on 3rd Nov. 2016 to discuss the new project that works on the tracking and prevention of child health and mortality. The project so far has selected six sites in the world with high mortality rate of children under-5 and would work on identifying main areas of focus, tracking child mortality and mortality prevention. Kersa/Harar HDSS including Hiwot Fana Referral Hospital is among the six sites. The main idea of the Network is to share collected pathology data from the different sites, hopefully in real-time, with the Central Storage Facility using telepathology to analyze, share and notify the different stakeholders of the result. The specimens are expected to be stored in local storage facilities; some would be sent to the Central Storage Facility at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After the data are analyzed, the panel members such as family members and clinicians who have been taking care of the child or children would be notified of the cause of death. In the discussion session held at the President’s Office, questions were raised and the team gave their feedback. one raised concern was the integration and linkage of the project with the learning-teaching process in the University. The team pointed out that the project is a ‘robust project’ with a multidisciplinary dimension, from which
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