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While CoWin may have been promoted as the solution for vaccine management delivery, the idea was also to promote data sharing with the private sector for the digital health economy. The same model is being pushed across the globe by multilateral organisations.
Pitfalls of leveraging Common Service Centers for rural vaccine drive
6 days ago
In a recently affidavit to the Supreme Court, the Central government recently appeared to have taken cognisance of the digital divide in the country and said that registration for vaccines will be done through Common Service Centres (CSC) in rural areas. As a result of this decision, the government effectively could create National Health IDs, as part of the National Digital Health Mission, en masse through these centres which historically have been enrolment points for various government initiatives including the Aadhaar project.
CSCs’ are IT Ministry physical centres spread across the country to provide public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services to citizens without direct access to such services.