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 21 Baby-Friendly hospitals. The 19 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.  Highland Community Hospital
6.  King’s Daughters Medical Center
7.  Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
8.  Merit Health Biloxi
9.  Merit Health River Oaks
10.  Merit Health Wesley
11.  Merit Health Woman’s Hospital
12.  Methodist Olive Branch Hospital
13.  Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
14.  North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo
15.  North Mississippi Medical Center – Gilmore Amory
16.  Ocean Springs Hospital
17.  South Sunflower County Hospital
18.  Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center
19.  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.