ABOUT 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 29 Baby-Friendly hospitals. The 27 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.  Singing River Pascagoula Hospital
  22.  South Central Regional Medical Center
  23.  South Sunflower County Hospital
  24.  Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center
  25.  St. Dominic Hospital
  26.  University of Mississippi Medical Center
  27.  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.

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