India bags prestigious award for efforts to combat measles, rubellaIndia has been honored with the Measles and Rubella Champion Award for its relentless efforts to combat these infectious diseases. The awar...
08 Mar, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
U-WIN platform for managing immunisation to be rolled out expeditiouslyThe Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced the expeditious rollout of the newly designed U-WIN platform for managing immunis...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
After Co-WIN, govt launches U-WIN to digitise India's universal immunisation programmeCarrying vaccination cards of children and pregnant women, struggling to keep a tab on the next jab and other such hassles may soon become ...
23 Jan, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
Govt plans to repurpose CoWIN for its Universal Immunisation ProgrammeThe vaccination record under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is now maintained manually. "Once Co-WIN is repurposed to include t...
27 May, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
India implementing largest immunisation programme globally: Mansukh MandaviyaThe minister noted that while the pace of routine immunization has slowed down due to Covid pandemic, IMI 4.0 will immensely contribute in ...
07 Feb, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
Not all adults in India to be vaccinated against Covid-19Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “Not each and every person in the world will be vaccinated. The prioritisation process is a dynamic process. The beh...
20 Mar, 2021, 07.24 AM IST
View: India will play central role in equitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution across the worldThe recent approval of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use by India’s regulator paves the way for actual vaccination to begin. In fact, pre...
12 Jan, 2021, 12.35 PM IST
Covid-19 shots may come under universal immunisation programmeAt least 15 states have started feeding data of their healthcare workers in public as well as private sector on a new beneficiary module re...
24 Oct, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
Government plans special immunisation programme for COVID-19 vaccineThis special COVID-19 immunisation programme would run in parallel with the Universal Immunisation Programme, but will use its processes, t...
23 Oct, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine will under distributed under special immunization programme: OfficialsThe existing digital platform and processes used for the Universal Immunisation Programme are being enhanced to track COVID-19 vaccine admi...
22 Oct, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
Aim to expand immunisation coverage to 90 per cent in five years: GovernmentUnder 'Mission Indradhanush', 75.5 lakh children have received vaccination while a total of 19.7 lakh children have been fully vaccinated.
11 Aug, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
Government to target 95 per cent immunisation cover by 2016 end: J P Nadda, Health MinisterSeeking to enhance the mission, Nadda sought help of the private sector in developing cost-effective vaccines and for better management of ...
30 Jun, 2015, 08.54 PM IST
WHO using Indian polio network to support Mission IndradhanushMission Indradhanush aims to cover by 2020 all such children, who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine...
03 May, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
Universal Immunisation Programme covers only 65% children: J P NaddaThe government has launched 'Mission Indradhanush' on 25 December 2014 which aims to cover all children who are either partially vaccinated...
28 Apr, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
'Mission Indradhanush' to cover over 1 lakh children in ThaneBeside Thane, the six districts that have been identified for the programme from Maharashtra are Beed, Dhule, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Nanded and ...
13 Mar, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
Universal immunisation programme coverage 65% in 2014: Nadda"The full immunisation coverage is approximately 65 per cent in 2014," Nadda said, adding that the government was setting targets for child...
10 Mar, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
30% children unable to avail benefit of immunisation programme: Health Minister Harsh VardhanHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan today said 95 per cent cases of death of children are due to "absolutely and compulsorily preventable" causes.
03 Sep, 2014, 03.03 PM IST