CDC-backed surveillance reveals 80% of child deaths preventable in seven high-mortality countries.

A CDC-backed CHAMPS (Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance) report indicates that approximately 80% of stillbirths and deaths among children under five across seven high-mortality countries were deemed preventable or possibly preventable. These deaths could have been averted with existing maternal, newborn, and child health interventions. The report also identified Gram-negative bacteria, particularly Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii, as leading pathogens in neonatal sepsis deaths, emphasizing the need for improved infection prevention and control and new vaccines.