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A new version of CME Info (version 2.0) has just been launched by the Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME). Building on the success of the first version of CME Info, this latest release features a brand new user interface, more user-friendly features, and the ability to view and present estimate data using maps. The IGME, consisting of UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, and United Nations Population Division, was established in 2004 to advance the work on monitoring

progress made towards achieving MDG Goal 4 regarding the reduction of infant and child mortality.

Its specific objectives are twofold: (1) to produce and disseminate global, regional and country estimates of levels and trends of childhood mortality and (2) to enhance the capacity of countries to produce timely and properly assessed estimates of child mortality.

Through a collaborative process of data collection, analysis and review, the IGME creates child mortality estimates based on the latest data, which are then uploaded to a public website. This latest CME Info release allows users to view child mortality estimates by clicking country maps.

Users can also easily generate spline estimate graphs, view data series, view estimate uncertainty ranges and compare different estimates. The database allows for four types of users - User, Expert, TAG and Administrator – with increasing levels of administrative rights to import/export data series, perform data entry, and create/edit estimates.

To access this latest CME Info release, please visit http://www.childmortality.org/. For more information, please contact Danzhen You, Statistics and Monitoring Specialist, Division of Policy and Practice, UNICEF at dyou@unicef.org.