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Presented at
Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge
8-10 December 2010, Cape Town, South Africa
Daniel Vadnais, Communication Specialist, Statistics and Monitoring UNICEF
UNICEF
Child Mortality Estimates Info (CME Info)
and MICS Compiler
UNICEF: central role in monitoring the situation of children and women worldwide
HOW?
• assisting countries in collecting and analyzing data• helping to develop methodologies and indicators• maintaining global databases (www.childinfo.org)• disseminating and publishing data
di Indicators di Sources di Maps
CME Info
Child Mortality
• UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
• Data and methods to estimate child mortality
• CME Info
CME Info
• UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
• Data and methods to estimate child mortality
• CME Info
CME Info
MDG4: two-thirds reduction in under-five mortality rate between
1990 and 2015.
Background
The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
• Generating accurate child mortality estimates: considerable challenge
• Vital registration systems: non available in many
developing countries
• Household surveys : have become a primary source of data.
• Formation of IGME
IGME Members
United NationsPopulation Division*
THE WORLD BANK*
*Non-official logos
• UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
• Data and methods to estimate child mortality
• CME Info
CME Info
Methodology
• IGME compiles all available nationally representative data
• Data quality assessment
• Fitting of a regression line
• Public access on CME Info (www.childmortality.org)
Data rich and consistent country
Data rich country… but with inconsistent data
Data poor countrywith wide variations
Angola
Key results8.1 million children under five died in 2009
.
• UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
• Data and methods to estimate child mortality
• CME Info
CME Info
What is CME Info?www.childmortality.org
Map Window
Indicator box
Legend
Map Window
Map Window
Map Window
Map Window
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Graph Window
Graph Window
Graph Window
Graph Window
Graph Window
Graph Window
Graph Window
Graph Window
Mali
Graph Window
Mali
Graph Window
Mali
Mali
Graph Window
Mali
Graph Window
Comparison in graph window
Mali
Comparison in graph window
Mali
Mauritania
Algeria
Comparison in graph window
Indicator box Subgroup box
Mali
Mauritania
Algeria
Comparison in graph window
Exporting data and estimates
•CME Info is free and available to all
•comprehensive data portal
•leading-edge information technology
•to visualize in a transparent way how national data can be used to generate international estimates
•through IGME consensus
CME Info
Expert and Administrative Interface
More advanced features available:
Log in
Add, edit, delete data
Generate, edit, delete estimates
Notification system between experts and administrators
Future Plans
CME Info 3.0 is under development. Will be launched in 2011
Non-web based version under development
Contact Information:
Dr. Danzhen You, dyou@unicef.org
or childmortality@unicef.org
Website: www.childmortality.orgwww.childmortality.org
To learn more on CME Info
An e-learning course on the software is available on the CME Info home page at www.childmortality.org.
MICS Compiler
Survey Data
# of surveys selected
12 surveys and 6 indicators selected
Toggle between rows and columns
Select “Full View” or simply change the settings on the page
You can also print the table or export the data into Excel
Future Plans
Mapping functionality
Selected background characteristics (age, sex, residence, etc.)
Contact Information:
mics@unicef.org
Websites:
www.micscompiler.organd
www.childinfo.org