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ChildCount+

last updated Mar 12, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Millennium Villages Project
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2009
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Millenium Villages Project, Sony Ericsson, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, UNICEF, Zain

Technology

Technology Used: 
Phones

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
Over 9,500
Summary: 

ChildCount+ is an mHealth platform developed by the Millennium Villages Project aimed at empowering communities to improve child survival and maternal health.

Key program components: 

ChildCount+ uses SMS text messages to facilitate and coordinate the activities of community based health care providers, usually community health care workers (CHWs). Using any standard phone, CHWs are able to use text messages to register patients and report their health status to a central web dashboard that provides a real-time view of the health of a community. Powerful messaging features help facilitate communication between the members of the health system and an automated alert system helps reduce gaps in treatment.

ChildCount+ aims to operate in the following 5 areas:

  1. Register every child and pregnant woman - Create a “living” registry of all children under five and pregnant women in a community. This list provides the basis for community health teams to monitor the health status of their children and women who are to give birth.
  2. Screen for malnutrition every 90 days - Record the MUAC of every child from 6 months to 5 years every 90 days. When a child with acute malnutrition is detected the program provides support for plumpynut based malnutrition treatment (where available) based on community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) protocols.
  3. Monitor for malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia – track and treat the three major preventable causes of death in children under 5. ChildCount provides support for home based malaria RDT testing and ACT dosing, oral rehydration salt (ORS) usage and pneumonia diagnosis and treatment (coming soon with CHW administered antibiotics).
  4. Full child immunization support - Group all children in monthly age groups to know when a particular immunization is due. Record all immunizations and follow up with all children who are behind with their immunization schedule. Help manage vaccination campaigns.
  5. Record all births and deaths – Record when child and maternal deaths occur and when pregnancies don’t come to term. Enable local health teams and communities to understand why. Register all newborns to be tracked by ChildCount.

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