Grantees
The MITS Surveillance Alliance Secretariat periodically awards small incentive grants to expand the use of MITS in low- and middle- income countries.
Below is a list of our current grantees. This month, we're spotlighting the DECODE-MAUN project in Nepal. Read more about the project here.
You can also learn about the incentive grant process here
Community-Based Surveillance for Infant Mortality: Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Study in Karachi, Pakistan
- Abdul Momin Kazi, MBBS, MPH
- Aga Khan University
- Karachi, Pakistan
- To assess and analyze the burden and determinants of RSV mortality
- Infants (<6 months)
The Burden and Postmortem Characteristics of Histoplasmosis Among HIV-Infected Deaths: A Study Using MITS in the Brazilian Amazon
- Marcus Lacerda, MD, PhD
- Fundação de Medicina Tropical (FMT)
- Manaus, Brazil
- To design and assess the performance of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) tools for investigation of infectious causes of death, histoplasmosis among HIV-infected deaths.
- To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of using such tools in different cultural, religious, and geographical backgrounds.
- Stillbirths and newborns (<28 days of life)
- Children aged 1 month - <15 years of age
- Women of child-bearing age (including pregnant ones)
- Other adults
Causes of Childhood and Peripartal Deaths by MITS in Central Nigeria
- Stephen Obaro MD, PhD, FWACP, FRCPCH, FAAP
- International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria (IFAIN)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Administer MITS in the investigation of the causes of deaths in stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and maternal/pregnancy-associated deaths.
- Administer MITS in the investigation of deaths in children aged 1 month - 18 years
- Stillbirths
- Neonates
- Children aged 1 month - 18 years
- Maternal deaths
Determination of Causes of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Using minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS)
- Prof. D.E. Darlington Obaseki
- University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH)
- Benin City, Nigeria
- To explore MITS as a means for more accurate determination of the causes of maternal and perinatal mortality in our environment as against clinical determination only.
- To provide an alternative form of post-mortem examination where consent for full diagnostic autopsy is denied.
- All consented cases of perinatal and maternal deaths in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) over a 12-month period.
Validating a Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling Technique as a New Paradigm for Determining Cause of Death: Experience from Kazakhstan
- Matthew Naanlep Tanko
- Nazarbayev University Astana
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- To determine the acceptability of MITS over CDA in among our study population
- To compare the diagnostic accuracy, classification and assignment of cause of death between MITs and CDA
- Children < 10 months
Determining Efficiently the Cause of Death among Adults and Generating Mortality Evidence at MITS Alliance Unit Nepal (DECODE MAUN); NEPAL
- Nuwadatta Subedi
- Gandaki Medical College
- Nepal
- What are the causes of non-violent deaths in study population as determined by standard autopsy procedure?
- What are the causes of deaths in study population as determined by the MITS technique?
- In what percentage of cases of non-violent deaths does MITS technique provide conclusive cause of death in Nepalese adults?
- All ages
Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling for TBM in Zambia (MITZ study)
- Omar K. Siddiqi
- University of Zambia School of Medicine
- Zambia
- Establish prevalence of TB meningitis (TBM) among deceased Zambian adults who initially presented as meningoencephalitis.
- Adults
Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) Implementation at Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK)
- Ntakirutimana Gervais
- University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)
- Rwanda
- To determine the perception of MITS by health care providers and community
- To determine the major causes of death in Rwanda
- One hundred (100) bodies of any age group from any health facility, families and communities on the territory of Rwanda will be enrolled in the MITS program.
- All ages
Study of MITS in Neonates, Ethiopia
- Rahell Hailu
- Addis Ababa University
- Ethiopia
- Evaluate the capability of MITS for identification of cause of death in neonates.
- Identify major diagnostic categories that could be made on MITS samples,
- Assess sampling yield and draw up adequacy criteria for each sampled organ, and test the accuracy of imaging guided samples from the brain and intestine,
- Assess the sampling yield of samples collected by low level health professionals(nurses and health officers)
- Neonates
Effectiveness Of MITS In Establishing The Cause Of Death After A Short Duration Tertiary Hospitalization In Tanzania (EMECaD)
- Alex Mremi
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
- Tanzania
- To determine causes of deaths in short duration hospitalized patients at KCMC, a tertiary hospital in Northern Tanzania.
- To assess the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and of MITS compared to CDA (gold standard) in determining the cause of death.
- To assess the barriers, knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of families of the deceased towards autopsy
- Adults
- Children
Validity of minimally invasive tissue sampling in determining the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates due to neurological insults in the brain: A study in a tertiary care center in India
- Mary Mathew
- Kasturba Medical College
- India
- Identify the causes and etiologies associated with neurological insults in the brain resulting in stillbirths and neonatal deaths using the MITS apprach
- Study the patterns of brain injury in preterm versus term infants with special reference to white matter injury
- Neonates
- Stillbirths
MITS at community and hospital Facilities: Melghat, India
- Ashish Satav
- MAHAN trust
- India
- To identify accurately the causes of deaths (0-5 years and 16 to 60 years age group and still births) in 4 Govt. hospitals; 1 MAHAN base hospital & in community, 93 villages with population of 101792 of rural- tribal Melghat, Central India over one year.
- Neonates
- Children < 5
- Adults 16-60
Promoting MITS activities to determine cause of death among neonates and stillbirths in tertiary care teaching hospital
- Dhaded Sangappa
- J N Medical College Belagavi
- India
- To integrate MITS in identifying cause of neonatal deaths and stillbirths in tertiary care teaching hospital setting.
- To know the effect of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preterm birth, asphyxia and infection on placenta and tissues like Lungs, Liver and Brain.
- To know the effect of Pre-eclampsia, prematurity, asphyxia and infection on placenta and tissues like Lungs, Liver and Brain.
- Stillbirths
- Neonatal deaths
Utility of Minimally Invasive Autopsy in improvement of causes of death classification in Rwanda
- Djibril Mbarushimana
- University Teaching Hospital Of Butare Rwanda
- Rwanda
- Increase reporting of in hospital death,
- Classify causes of death accurately,
- Identify gaps for strengthening of anatomical pathology laboratory,
- Contribute to initiation of medical autopsy rotation site for pathology residents and medical students.
- Children > 28d - adult
Neonatal in-hospital cause of death determination by minimal invasive tissue sampling technique in a low-income region of Argentina.
- Mauricio T. Caballero
- Fundación INFANT
- Argentina
- To determine the burden of asphyxia and respiratory and central nervous system infectious diseases as COD in neonates hospitalized in our hospital Network.
- To identify demographic and clinical factors associated with neonatal in-hospital deaths.
- To explore family and physician acceptance of MITS as a routine procedure after in-hospital neonatal death
- Neonates
Using MITS to calibrate adjudicated respiratory vs. non-respiratory deaths among young Zambian infants
- Christopher Gill
- University Teaching Hospital
- Zambia
- To assess the feasibility and acceptability of MITS sampling in this population
- To use MITS to calibrate our existing process for adjudicating infant deaths as 'Respiratory' vs. 'Non-Respiratory'
- To use MITS to establish the rate of PCR concordance between upper and lower respiratory tract RSV infections
- Infants 4d - 6m