Mississippi CHAMPS

Mississippi Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) seeks to improve maternal and child health outcomes through the promotion of breastfeeding and Baby-Friendly practices across Mississippi.

Mississippi now has 30 Baby-Friendly hospitals. The 28 CHAMPS Baby-Friendly hospitals are:

1.  Anderson Regional Medical Center
2.  Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle
3.  Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi
4.  Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County
5.  Greenwood Leflore Hospital
6.  Highland Community Hospital
7.  King’s Daughters Medical Center
8.  Magnolia Regional Health Center
9.  Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
10.  Merit Health Biloxi
11.  Merit Health Central
12.  Merit Health River Oaks
13.  Merit Health Wesley
14.  Merit Health Woman’s Hospital
15.  Methodist Olive Branch Hospital
16.  Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
17.  North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo
18.  North Mississippi Medical Center – Gilmore Amory
19.  North Mississippi Medical Center ­- West Point
20.  Ocean Springs Hospital
21.  OCH Regional Medical Center
22. Singing River Pascagoula Hospital
23.  South Central Regional Medical Center
24.  South Sunflower County Hospital
25.  Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center
26.  St. Dominic Hospital
27.  University of Mississippi Medical Center
28.  Wayne General Hospital

Mississippi CHAMPS is funded by grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and The Bower Foundation. We work with Mississippi birthing hospitals to help them meet the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and work towards Baby-Friendly designation. We also aid Mississippi hospitals in grassroots support and advocacy to improve maternal child health practices, especially in under-served populations and communities.