{"id":2710,"date":"2024-11-29T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T10:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-champs-new.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=2710"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:44:58","slug":"leveraging-the-champs-platform","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/resource\/leveraging-the-champs-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveraging the CHAMPS Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group position-relative\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"impact-header \" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/shutterstock_1374704072-scaled.jpg')\">\n  <div class=\"page-header-overlay\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"row header-row\">\n    <div class=\"col-md-5 header-left slide-in-from-left\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(to right, #4c9c2e 70%, transparent 100%);\">\n      <p class=\"header-top\">Leveraging the<\/p>\n      <p class=\"header-main\">CHAMPS Platform<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  \n.page-header-overlay {\n  opacity: 0.5;\n  z-index: 5;\n}\n\n#wrapper-navbar {\n  z-index: 15;\n}\n\n.impact-header {\n  position: relative;\n  height: 500px;\n  background-size: cover;\n  background-position: center;\n  background-repeat: no-repeat;\n}\n\n.header-left {\n  height: 100%;\n  z-index: 14;\n  display: flex;\n  flex-direction: column;\n  justify-content: center;\n  padding: 20px;\n  padding-left: 5%;\n  justify-content: center;\n}\n\n.top-blue {\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #00a7e1 2%, transparent 98%);\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 0;\n    height: 40px;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 25%;\n\n\n}\n.top-green {\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #4c9c2e 2%, transparent 98%);\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 0;\n    height: 40px;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 25%;\n\n\n}\n\n.top-purple {\n    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #655dc6 2%, transparent 98%);\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 0;\n    height: 40px;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 25%;\n\n\n}\n.wp-block-image {\n\n  position: relative;\n}\n.header-left {\n  background: linear-gradient(to right, var(--dynamic-color), transparent);\n  padding-top: 5%;\n}\n\n.header-row {\n  height: 100%;\n}\n\n.header-top {\n\n  color: white;\n  font-family: Lato;\n  font-size: 25px;\n  font-weight: 500;\n  margin-bottom: 0;\n}\n\n.header-main {\n\n  color: white;\n  font-family: Lato;\n  font-size: 32px;\n  font-weight: 900;\n}\n\n.impact-content-header {\n\nposition: relative;\n}\n\n.impact-content-header::after {\n    content: \"\";\n    display: block;\n    width: 60%;\n    height: 2px;\n    background-image: url(https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img\/impact-line.png);\n    background-size: cover;\n    background-position: center;\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 22px;\n    left: 112px;\n    flex: 1;\n}\n}\n\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"impact-icon-header fade-in-down2 delay-1s large-modal-header\"> \n\n<div class=\"header-impact-inner\">\n\n<p class=\"header-icon-title\">Access CHAMPS data <\/p>\n<p class=\"header-icon-text\">for research, policymaking &#038; public health action <a> here<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\n\n.impact-icon-header {\n\nborder-radius: 50%;\nwidth: fit-content;\nposition: absolute;\nright: 10%;\nbottom: -10%;\nbackground-image: url(https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img\/outline-purple.png);\nbackground-size: cover;\naspect-ratio:  1\/1;\nz-index: 54354534;\npadding: 50px;\n\n}\n\n\n.header-impact-inner {\n\n\tbackground: #eaeaea;\n\tborder-radius: 50%;\n\twidth: 90%;\n\theight: 90%;\n\tdisplay: flex;\n\tjustify-content: center;\n\talign-items: center;\n\tflex-direction: column;\n\ttext-align: center;\n\tcolor: white;\n\tz-index: 5435345;\n\tmargin: 0 auto;\n\n}\n.position-relative {\n\n\tposition: relative;\n}\n\n\n.header-icon-title {\n\n\tfont-weight: 700;\n\tcolor: #655dc6;\n\tfont-size: 24px;\n\tline-height: 20px;\n}\n.large-modal-header .header-icon-title {\n\n\tfont-size: 35px;\n\tfont-weight: 900;\n\tline-height: 34px;\n}\n.header-icon-text {\n\n\twidth: 85%;\n\tmargin: 0 auto;\n\tmax-width: 325px;\n}\n<\/style><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-white pad-5-sides\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group impact-content\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-col-between round-bottom-left round-top-right impact-left slide-from-left has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2874033fb973fac7acdd815fcb1d4145 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#4c9c2e;flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pad-5\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading impact-content-header has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ef0a8df3f91bb2fac8e7f2eac1013cf2\">Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e902df27e09ee444dcfe507634b22828\">The CHAMPS platform\u2014experience, infrastructure, and relationships\u2014enables CHAMPS teams to support additional scientific work and respond to emerging health needs. Collectively, the CHAMPS network builds capacity by mentoring scientists, providing feedback to health personnel, and empowering communities to ensure sustainable health improvements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large top-auto\"><div class=\"top-green\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/live-champs-new.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/24-1-951x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/24-1-951x1024.jpg 951w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/24-1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/24-1-768x827.jpg 768w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/24-1.jpg 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"pad-5 has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14c754cd6307b5d1b35fd59594abc2c4\">CHAMPS provides open access, summarized and de-identified data in real time and upon request. We also share data sets and specimens for independent research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group impact-box fade-in-down2 delay-0.5s\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"impact-icon\"> \n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21-1.png\" alt=\"Icon\"\/>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\n\n.impact-icon {\n\n\tbackground-image: url(https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img\/icon-outline.png);\n\tbackground-size: cover;\n\tbackground-repeat: none;\n\twidth: 75px;\n\theight: 75px;\n\tfloat: left;\n\tmargin-right: 2%;\n\tborder:  2px dotted;\n\tborder-radius: 50%;\n\tposition: absolute;\n\ttop: -37px;\n\tbackground-color: white;\n}\n\n.icon-number {\n\t    background-color: #655dc6;\n    border-radius: 50%;\n    height: 100%;\n    text-align: center;\n    display: flex\n;\n    justify-content: center;\n    align-items: center;\n    color: white;\n    font-family: 'Lato';\n    font-weight: 900;\n    font-size: 30px;\n}\n\n.impact-box h4 {\n\nmargin-top: 30px;\n}\n.impact-box {\n\n\tpadding: 20px;\n\n}\n.impact-box.has-icon {\n\n\tpadding: 20px;\n\tpadding-top: 35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pivoting to Pandemic Response<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, as SARS-CoV-2 spread across the globe, CHAMPS teams quickly turned their attention and resources to pandemic response. This pivot demonstrated the capacity of our global network to adapt and respond to large-scale public health emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CHAMPS pathologists and microbiologists offered technical support, operated COVID-19 testing laboratories, trained staff and shared testing equipment with local health facilities and hospitals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CHAMPS Social Behavioral Science and Community Engagement teams worked with district health officials to conduct community health education on COVID-19 prevention, infection control and treatment options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By utilizing health and demographic surveillance data from CHAMPS catchment areas, CHAMPS demographers worked with the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa to better understand the global burden of COVID-19 deaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group impact-box fade-in-down-stagger\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"impact-icon\"> \n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/22-1.png\" alt=\"Icon\"\/>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\n\n.impact-icon {\n\n\tbackground-image: url(https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/img\/icon-outline.png);\n\tbackground-size: cover;\n\tbackground-repeat: none;\n\twidth: 75px;\n\theight: 75px;\n\tfloat: left;\n\tmargin-right: 2%;\n\tborder:  2px dotted;\n\tborder-radius: 50%;\n\tposition: absolute;\n\ttop: -37px;\n\tbackground-color: white;\n}\n\n.icon-number {\n\t    background-color: #655dc6;\n    border-radius: 50%;\n    height: 100%;\n    text-align: center;\n    display: flex\n;\n    justify-content: center;\n    align-items: center;\n    color: white;\n    font-family: 'Lato';\n    font-weight: 900;\n    font-size: 30px;\n}\n\n.impact-box h4 {\n\nmargin-top: 30px;\n}\n.impact-box {\n\n\tpadding: 20px;\n\n}\n.impact-box.has-icon {\n\n\tpadding: 20px;\n\tpadding-top: 35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improving Global Health Metrics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Public health officials in many high-mortality areas use verbal autopsy\u2014a series of questions an investigator asks a family\u2014to try to understand why deaths occur. CHAMPS teams in Mozambique and Sierra Leone worked with the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Toronto on Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action (COMSA), a program that tracks births, deaths, and causes of death in representative communities using verbal autopsies. Researchers compared the verbal autopsy results to CHAMPS\u2019 accurate findings to refine the cause of death information for the COMSA program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact The CHAMPS platform\u2014experience, infrastructure, and relationships\u2014enables CHAMPS teams to support additional scientific work and respond to emerging health needs. Collectively, the CHAMPS network builds capacity by mentoring scientists, providing feedback to health personnel, and empowering communities to ensure sustainable health improvements. 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