About Every Child Counts – MyChild system in Afghanistan and Uganda Programme

Shifo has created MyChild system, which helps frontline healthcare workers in resource constrained countries register newborns and keep track of essential vaccines and other health-related information for children, pregnant women and women of childbearing age. Since the data entry is done during health service delivery, necessary reports to the District Health Office and Ministry of Health is automatically generated by the system, freeing up the time of frontline health workers from burden of administration and report generation. This facilitates health workers to spend more time with families and children providing quality health services. Every Child Counts Reports, generated by MyChild system and sent to the decision makers along the healthcare chain, empower decision makers to close the actual gaps in child health service delivery based on reliable and timely information, thereby strengthening the continuous quality improvement process in health sectors to benefit the children living today and generations to come.

In the framework of this programme, supported by IKEA Foundation, MyChild system will be implemented in Afghanistan and a solution for health centres lacking electricity and network will be piloted in Uganda to connect every health centre providing child health services. Nearly 10,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women will be registered and followed up to ensure they are protected from preventable diseases, thanks to MyChild system ensuring they get the right vaccines and preventive healthcare at the right time.