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CHAMPS Case Studies
Data Dissemination Levers: Engaging Partners and Stakeholders to translate CHAMPS data into actionable public health policies and interventions – Two success stories at the CHAMPS SL Site
For years, Sierra Leone’s efforts to tackle childhood malnutrition through the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) initiative were hampered by a critical gap: the absence of localized, country-specific data. While malnutrition was recognized as a primary threat to child survival, the lack of evidence made it nearly impossible for the government to strategically allocate resources or design targeted interventions. This case study explores how the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) program bridged this evidence-to-policy gap. By uncovering that 48% of under-five deaths in the country were linked to malnutrition, CHAMPS provided the “data lever” necessary to catalyze high-level political action.