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mChild+ : Helping realize MDG4: Helping reduce under-five mortality rate by two-third

mChild+ Health companion application: App download link:  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/mchild/ac2f40f0-307b-48f9-bc63-4c7aa319ee46 mChild+ background: This is an application that was initially made to help mothers keep track of their vaccinations dates of their children and give an update on when to take back their children for immunization. The MDG4  states that WHO would like to reduce by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate. An this is just one way of helping achieve that. "6.6 million children under five died in 2012. Almost 75% of all child deaths are attributable to just six conditions: neonatal causes, pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, measles, and HIV/AIDS. The aim is to further cut child mortality by two thirds by 2015 from the 1990 level. Reaching the MDG on reducing child mortality will require universal coverage with key effective, affordable interventions: care for newborns and their mothers; infant and young child feeding; vaccines; pr...