Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study
Authors: Sana Mahtab, Dianna M Blau, Zachary J Madewell, Ikechukwu Ogbuanu, Julius Ojulong, Sandra Lako, Hailemariam Legesse, Joseph S Bangura, Quique Bassat, Inacio Mandomando, Elisio Xerinda, Fabiola Fernandes, Rosauro Varo, Samba O Sow, Karen L Kotloff, Milagritos D Tapia, Adama Mamby Keita, Diakaridia Sidibe, Dickens Onyango, Victor Akelo, Dickson Gethi, Jennifer R Verani, Gunturu Revathi, J Anthony G Scott, Nega Assefa, Lola Madrid, Hiwot Bizuayehu, Tseyon Tesfaye Tirfe, Shams El Arifeen, Emily S Gurley, Kazi Munisul Islam, Muntasir Alam, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Ziyaad Dangor, Vicky L Baillie, Martin Hale, Portia Mutevedzi, Robert F Breiman, Cynthia G Whitney, Shabir A Madhi, Yasmin Adam, Janet Agaya, A.S.M. Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Dilruba Ahmed, Addisu Alemu, Solomon Ali, Soter Ameh, George Aol, Solveig Argeseanu, Farida Ariuman, Oluseyi Balogun, Sanwarul Bari, Margaret Basket, Ferdousi Begum, Manu Bhandari, John Blevins, James Bunn, Courtney Bursuc, Carrie Jo Cain, Richard Chawana, Kiranpreet Chawla, Cornell Chukwuegbo, Kounandji Diarra, Tiéman Diarra, Maureen Diaz, Babatunde Duduyemi, Karen D. Fairchild, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Ashleigh Fritz, Mischka Garel, Brigitte Gaume, Mahlet Abayneh Gizaw, Nelesh P. Govender, Carol L. Greene, Tadesse Gure, Binyam Halu, Mahbubul Hoque, Cleopas Hwinya, Alexander M. Ibrahim, Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza, Ferdousi Islam, Okokon Ita, Amara Jambai, J. Kristie Johnson, Jane Juma, Erick Kaluma, Mohammed Kamal, Osman Kaykay, Sartie Kenneh, Sammy Khagayi, Rima Koka, Diakaridia Kone, Jeffrey P. Koplan, Nana Kourouma, Dickens Kowuor, Kristin LaHatte, Sanjay G. Lala, Kyu Han Lee, Lucy Liu, Hennie Lombaard, Maria Maixenchs, Zara Manhique, Margaret Mannah, Roosecelis Martines, Ronald Mash, Ashka Mehta, Clara Menéndez, Thomas Misore, Sibone Mocumbi, Andrew Moseray, Francis Moses, Christopher Muga, Khátia Munguambe, Nellie Myburgh, Shailesh Nair, Pedzisai Ndagurwa, Ariel Nhacolo, Tacilta Nhampossa, Princewill Nwajiobi, Christine Ochola, Richard Oliech, Bernard Oluoch, Uma U. Onwuchekwa, Peter Nyamthimba Onyango, Stian MS Orlien, Peter Otieno, Joseph Oundo, Harun Owuor, Shahana Parveen, Karen Petersen, Samuel Pratt, Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Sarah Raymer, Jana Ritter, Navit T. Salzberg, Solomon Samura, Sulaiman Sannoh, Doh Sanogo, Martin Seppeh, Tom Sesay, Joseph Kamanda Sesay, Tahmina Shirin, Seydou Sissoko, Francis Smart, Gillian Sorour, James Squire, Alim Swaray-Deen, Peter J. Swart, Fatmata Bintu Tarawally, Saria Tasnim, Fikremelekot Temesgen, Sharon M. Tennant, Cheick Bougadari Traore, Awa Traore, Sithembiso Velaphi, Kurt Vyas, Ashutosh Wadhwa, Jeannette Wadula, Jessica Waller, Valentine Wanga, Shamta Warang, Joyce Akinyi Were, Tais Wilson, Jonas Winchell, Amy Wise, Jakob Witherbee, Melisachew Mulatu Yeshi, K. Zaman
Journal: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (2024)

The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network programme undertakes post-mortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), together with collection of ante-mortem clinical information, to investigate causes of childhood deaths across multiple countries. We aimed to evaluate the overall contribution of pneumonia in the causal pathway to death and the causative pathogens of fatal pneumonia in children aged 1-59 months enrolled in the CHAMPS Network.