Your child's health records will now be made available at a click of a button. India's first ever digital platform, the Integrated Child Health Record (ICHR), for keeping a child's health record, has been launched today. Supported by cloud computing and mobile technology, ICHR is a revolutionary product to map a child's health and track vaccination. ICHR is supported by a first-of-its-kind mobile application to address pressing concerns of parents willing to track their child's growth and vaccination. The mobile interface will be available for both Android and iOS users. The eminent scientist Samir K Brahmachari was present as chief guest to launch and endorse ICHR.Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Brahmachari - J.C Bose National Fellow, Founder Director, CSIR - Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Former Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research , said: "I am happy to announce/endorse this product in the ICT domain by a young entrepreneur with high social value, which is aligned to the Government of India's digital vision."

ICHR provides and automates long-term surveillance of a child's growth. It has other benefits like it will also help in early detection of obesity and malnutrition in urban and rural populations respectively. It also addresses the dire need of maintaining the data centrally for research purposes. Once fully implemented, ICHR will become a potent tool in providing authentic, region-specific data for analysing and identifying reasons and probable solutions for both child vaccination and growth-related issues.

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