Don’t make public vaccine stock and storage info, govt tells statesThe data are “owned” by the ministry and can't be made public without its consent, according to a letter written by Pradeep Haldar, advisor...
Health ministry ‘gags’ states on vaccine stocks, storage dataA Union health ministry letter to all states and UTs warning that data on vaccine stocks and temperature at all levels of vaccine storage i...
Centre asks states not to share data on vaccine stocks, temperature of vaccine storage in publicThe Centre has written to the states and Union territories, advising them not to share the data of the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Netw...
Refrain from sharing sensitive vaccine related details: Health Ministry to statesAccording to the letter written by Pradeep Haldar, advisor, Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) the data on vaccine stock status and temper...
India has done well in the development of vaccines: Health Minister Harsh VardhanHe said two of the country's vaccines have been given emergency use authorisation and that in the "next few days or so" vaccines would be a...
Govt starts contest for strengthening digital network platform for COVID-19 vaccine distributionThe contest will be jointly run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Electronics and IT, a statement said.
Covid-19: National vaccine administration policy in the works to get jab job done“India has the world’s largest vaccination programme. We already have a robust system of electronic vaccine intelligence network (eVIN), th...
States told to prioritise groups for vaccinationThe ministry has also developed digital content to train and orient vaccinators, detailing how they should administer the vaccine and how t...
India’s election system, logistics sector can be the key to effective COVID-19 vaccine distributionThe pandemic is a call to action for the government machinery and the private sector to work in tandem to ensure effective vaccine deliveri...
eVIN system being repurposed for tracking vaccine delivery, says Health Minister VardhanInteracting with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) via a video link, he mentioned that under Mission Indradhanush, the governmen...
Anganwadi centres, schools, panchayat buildings to be used as COVID-19 vaccination sitesAccording to a blueprint deliberated upon by an expert group, state governments would identify buildings which can be used as vaccination b...
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...
Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network to track COVID-19 vaccineA national expert group on COVID-19 vaccine has been constituted to guide the government on prioritisation of population groups for vaccina...
eVIN reaches 32 states & UTs, to be rolled-out soon in remaining areas: Health ministryThe eVIN has reached 32 states and Union territories (UTs) and will soon be introduced in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Ladakh a...
Rajasthan village Nayla adopts Evin technology to combat infant mortalityWomen in various roles are using technology to take immunisation efforts of India ahead. The women are still the same today but have donned...
Immunisation in Gujarat to get a boost from PM Narendra ModiMission Indradhanush, launched on December 25, 2014, aims at raising vaccination coverage in 201 districts of the country where 50% childre...
Over 1 million children under 5 die in India every year: GovernmentHe said the government has initiated an SMS based electronic vaccine intelligence network (e-VIN) to enable real time monitoring of vaccine...