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 24 Baby-Friendly hospitals. The 22 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 River Oaks
12.  Merit Health Wesley
13.  Merit Health Woman’s Hospital
14.  Methodist Olive Branch Hospital
15.  Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
16.  North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo
17.  North Mississippi Medical Center – Gilmore Amory
18.  Ocean Springs Hospital
19.  South Central Regional Medical Center
20.  South Sunflower County Hospital
21.  Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center
22.  University of Mississippi Medical Center

Mississippi CHAMPS is funded by grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and The Bower Foundation and will run for three years launching in August 2017. 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.