http://www.childcount.org Every Child Counts Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:19:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Originally Posted on July 1, 2010 by karibusauri By Denise Lee & Jaclyn Carlsen No, not that Hilary Clinton, this was a little boy (yes a boy) living in the Sauri Millennium Village Cluster.  Hilary was having a nutritional status screening performed by Richard*, his community health worker. To do this, Richard placed ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/08/03/meeting-hilary-clinton/ Part of the ChildCount+ implementation process involves the daunting task of registering all members of the community. Community Health Workers across all MVP sites are equipped with a standardized paper registration form. The form includes fields for Health ID numbers, First Name, Family Name, Gender, Age/DOB, Head of ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/06/25/fieldnotes-mbola/ Now that we have the ability to record the key health interventions in a child's health history, we've begun to think how we can convey this visually. Ideally, we want a method that will allow us to quickly evaluate the status of a child's health taking in consideration health events ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/06/13/visualizing-a-childs-health/   [caption id="attachment_280" align="aligncenter" width="558" caption="Child Mortality"][/caption] The World Bank just made open their database of 2,000+ development indicators at data.worldbank.org.  The site, done by our talented friends at DevelopmentSeed, does a powerful job of exposing with data how important the work to improve child and maternal health is. http://www.childcount.org/2010/04/27/wh-childcount-matters/ Python, Django and RapidSMS have been my bread and butter since one Sunday afternoon, the 1st of August, 2009. I had just spent about 18 months on corporate business application development and was now venturing into the world of NGOs and open source software development--things that had had much influence ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/04/23/experience-dickson-ukanga/ The Lancet estimates that 200 million children under-five in developing countries do not reach their cognitive, physical and social potential due to a number of biological, environmental and social risk factors that they are exposed to during the critical early stages of their development. For example, stunting, a direct ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/04/22/childcount-and-early-childhood-development/ There are quite a few informational videos that highlight the successes within the different Millennium Village sites.  One of the videos highlights not only the partnerships that the mHealth project has initiated, but also the benefits that have resulted from the use of mobile phones within the health sector.  Please ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/04/03/millennium-promise-youtube-videos/ We are seeking an experienced software engineer to join our New York based team to play a key role in the development of mHealth systems including our ChildCount+ platform.   In particular, we are looking for someone with an excellent design sense and demonstrated expertise developing web-based user interfaces.   ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/03/25/nyc-cc-engineer/ In a recent article in the Scientific American entitled, "Expert Systems Fight Poverty", Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, wrote about how appropriate information communication technology paired with community involvement can save lives.  In the article, Sachs mentions how mobile phones are being used in Ghana to coordinate teams of ambulance ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/03/24/expert-systems-fight-poverty/ By Jessica Fanzo Nutrition Director, Earth Institute Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects 20 million children under five years of age each year and contributes to 1 million child deaths per year. Moderate acute malnutrition contributes more to the overall burden of disease, as it affects many more children. As a nutritionist, these ... http://www.childcount.org/2010/03/21/malnu-cmam-sms/