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

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• 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