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In May 2019, we held our 2019 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA and New Grants Were Awarded
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Are you a scientist, researcher or specialist interested in MITS or other relevant post-mortem areas in low-and middle- income countries? Learn how you can access the benefits of our Alliance.
MITS 101
From best practices to standardized procedures, we've compiled a list of must-have resources on the Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling technique.
About The Alliance
With more accurate data about causes of death, governments and health institutions can better plan and prioritize efforts to improve health outcomes.
A relatively simple technique called Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling, or MITS, can help provide important data about potential causes of death, similar to the information obtained with a complete autopsy.
The MITS Surveillance Alliance aims to improve cause of death ascertainment through the expansion of the use of MITS globally. We facilitate the use of MITS by interested institutions and researchers and help grow the network of partners using pathology-based surveillance in various populations, geographies, and contexts.
Our Stories
We've compiled stories about MITS in one location for your reference.
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News
CHAMPS findings published in Lancet Global Health
Findings from a multi-site analysis of CHAMPS cases were published in The Lancet Global Health. "Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study" highlights the value of CHAMPS' laboratory and diagnostic approaches, namely minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), in identifying specific causes of stillbirth and child death in Africa and Asia. Link to publication
Welcome New Grantees
We welcome and congratulate the four newest members of the MITS Alliance:
Abdul Momin Kazi, MBBS, MPH, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Marcus Lacerda, MD, PhD, Fundação de Medicina Tropical (FMT), Manaus, Brazil
Stephen Obaro MD, PhD, FWACP, FRCPCH, FAAP, International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria (IFAIN), University of Nebraska Medical Center
Prof. D.E. Darlington Obaseki, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Nigeria
For more information on the grantees, please read more.
MITS at TropMed 2019 Conference
Congratulations to our MITS Alliance partners on the important research being conducted that will be presented at the TropMed 2019 conference (November 20-24, 2019 in National Harbor, MD). In addition to presentations by our partners in the CHAMPS Network, here is a listing of MITS-related presentations at the conference. It’s great to see how much work with MITS is being presented this year!
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Recent Alliance Member Publications
The October 2019 Clinical Infectious Diseases Supplement features “The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network: Foundational Methods”.
read it here
Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS)
read it here
Exploring family, community and healthcare provider perceptions and acceptability for minimal invasive tissue sampling to identify the cause of death in under-five deaths and stillbirths in North India : a qualitative study protocol
read it here
CHAMPS, an Alliance member, is using MITS to help determine cause of death in newborns and ultimately reduce infant mortality in the future. An article published by the Gates Foundation's The Optimist newsletter discusses it.
read it here
New Paper from the PURPOSe study published.
read it here
What We Do
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We help scale up the use of MITS globally by supporting a growing network of members to use pathology-based surveillance in various populations, geographies, and contexts.