ChildCount+, a Community Health Events Reporting and Alerts System
“To make people count, we first need to be able to count people.” — Dr LEE Jong-wook, Former Director-General WHO (2004-2006)
ChildCount+ is part of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP). Reducing child and maternal mortality, by 66% and 75% respectively, have been identified as core Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, 10% to 20% of children die before turning five, and the death of mothers during childbirth, occurs far too frequently.
In the health sector, MVP emphasizes integrated delivery of a free minimum package of maternal-newborn-child health services, with the goal of achieving universal coverage. ChildCount+ is a mobile phone and paper-based informational tool used by Community Health Workers to reach this goal by actively monitoring children for malnutrition, malaria, and other childhood illnesses.
