Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network

Rosauro Varo; Kaitlin Cole; Zachary J. Madewell; Jaime Fanjul Iglesias; Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza; Victor Akelo; Christopher Mugah; Dickens Onyango; Joyce A. Were; Shabir A. Madhi; Ziyaad Dangor; Siobhan Johnstone; Sanjay G. Lala; Tanya Ruder; Inacio Mandomando; Milton Kincardett; Elisio G. Xerinda; J. Anthony G. Scott; Nega Assefa; Lola Madrid; Faisel A. Hassen; Yunus Edris; Ikechukwu Ogbuanu; Ima Abasi Bassey; Solomon Samura; Abdul Salaam Sillah; Erick Kaluma; Shams El Arifeen; Rajib Biswas; Emily S. Gurley; Afruna Rahman; Mohammad Zahid Hossain; Saad B. Omer; Abdul Momin Kazi; Sameer M. Belgaumi; Raheel Allana; Adama M. Keita; Quique Bassat; Portia C. Mutevedzi; Cynthia G. Whitney; Chris A. Rees

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106095

Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network

Rosauro Varo
, Kaitlin Cole
, Zachary J. Madewell
, Jaime Fanjul Iglesias
, Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza
, Victor Akelo
, Christopher Mugah
, Dickens Onyango
, Joyce A. Were
, Shabir A. Madhi
, Ziyaad Dangor
, Siobhan Johnstone
, Sanjay G. Lala
, Tanya Ruder
, Inacio Mandomando
, Milton Kincardett
, Elisio G. Xerinda
, J. Anthony G. Scott
, Nega Assefa
, Lola Madrid

Faisel A. Hassen, Yunus Edris, Ikechukwu Ogbuanu, Ima Abasi Bassey, Solomon Samura, Abdul Salaam Sillah, Erick Kaluma, Shams El Arifeen, Rajib Biswas, Emily S. Gurley, Afruna Rahman, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Saad B. Omer, Abdul Momin Kazi, Sameer M. Belgaumi, Raheel Allana, Adama M. Keita, Quique Bassat, Portia C. Mutevedzi, Cynthia G. Whitney, Chris A. Rees

Clinical Sciences

Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Emory University
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Universitat de Barcelona
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kisumu County Department of Health
University of the Witwatersrand
Centro de investigação de Saúde de Manhiça
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Haramaya University
The Africa Research Collaborative (The ARC)
World Hope International
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins University
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Aga Khan University
Ministère de la Santé
Task Force for Global Health

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e106095-e106095
Journal	BMJ Open
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106095
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2026

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Varo, R., Cole, K., Madewell, Z. J., Iglesias, J. F., Igunza, K. A., Akelo, V., Mugah, C., Onyango, D., Were, J. A., Madhi, S. A., Dangor, Z., Johnstone, S., Lala, S. G., Ruder, T., Mandomando, I., Kincardett, M., Xerinda, E. G., Scott, J. A. G., Assefa, N., ... Rees, C. A. (2026). Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. BMJ Open, 16(3), e106095-e106095. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106095

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Varo, R, Cole, K, Madewell, ZJ, Iglesias, JF, Igunza, KA, Akelo, V, Mugah, C, Onyango, D, Were, JA, Madhi, SA, Dangor, Z, Johnstone, S, Lala, SG, Ruder, T, Mandomando, I, Kincardett, M, Xerinda, EG, Scott, JAG, Assefa, N, Madrid, L, Hassen, FA, Edris, Y, Ogbuanu, I, Bassey, IA, Samura, S, Sillah, AS, Kaluma, E, El Arifeen, S, Biswas, R, Gurley, ES, Rahman, A, Hossain, MZ, Omer, SB, Kazi, AM, Belgaumi, SM, Allana, R, Keita, AM, Bassat, Q, Mutevedzi, PC, Whitney, CG & Rees, CA 2026, 'Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network', BMJ Open, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. e106095-e106095. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106095

Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. / Varo, Rosauro; Cole, Kaitlin; Madewell, Zachary J. et al.
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