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Explained: Is CoWIN, Indias digital vaccine management solution, ready for a massive rollout? CoWIN (COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network) is a repurposed version of eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network), an indigenously developed platform in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Its success will be crucial to the implementation of the countrys vaccination drive. December 30, 2020 / 05:06 PM IST India is preparing f...

Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination concludes in four states Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination concludes in four states 29 December 2020 | News Source credit: Shutterstock Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted a two-day dry run for activities entailed in COVID-19 vaccination in four states Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat on December 28-29 2020. Backed with the experience of rolling out Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) and conducting nationwide multiple wide-range injec...

2020: How years of trials, research were compressed into months in developing a Covid-19 vaccine Covid-19 Vaccine: Efforts by the scientific community across the world over the past few months have yielded at least two promising Covid-19 vaccines -- by Pfizer and Moderna Updated: December 23, 2020 7:59:00 pm Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pfizer Australia, BioNTech Australia, COVID-19 cases in Australia, Australia coronavirus cases, Australia latest news, Australia vacc...

BENGALURU: With nearly 10% of the country’s 28,932 cold chain points concentrated in the state, the Karnataka government is confident of further ramping up infrastructure and delivering Covid-19 vaccines to people without a hitch. Karnataka has already launched reorientation training for pharmacy officers — who will manage the cold chain — at all levels, besides coaching sessions for medical officers, ANMs, staff nurses and all cadres within the health department. Arundathi Chandrasheka...

BENGALURU: India, which will be leveraging infrastructure and manpower created under the country’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) for Covid vaccination, has a network of nearly 82 lakh vaccination session sites routinely used by UIP, one of the largest such programmes in the world. According to a UIP review and multi-year plan document, there are more than 81.87 lakh sites where different vaccines are administered. However, most of these sites will come into play when inoculation of ...

With Covid vaccines being sped up, Modi govt builds mechanism to monitor adverse reactions India already has an ‘adverse events following immunisation’ or AEFI system for its existing programmes, but Covid vaccination is set to be very different. Abantika Ghosh 15 December, 2020 8:33 pm IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: As India prepares to launch its largest vaccination programme, likely with a Covid-19 vaccine that has only been given expedited approval becau...

JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir has shown a record improvement in the last three years in key Maternal and Child health indicators according to the fresh report of National Family Healthy Survey (NFHS-5) conducted by International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai. The report was released on Saturday by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI for 22 states and union territories. “If we compare the achievements in key health indicators recorded in National Family Healthy Survey report (NFHS-5...

Jammu & Kashmir achieves single digit Neonatal Mortality Rate Jammu & Kashmir achieves single digit Neonatal Mortality Rate Jammu & Kashmir achieves single digit Neonatal Mortality Rate, also 16 point decrease in Infant Mortality Rate as per NFHS report 2019-20 in last 3 years JAMMU: The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir has shown a record improvement in last 3 years in key Maternal and Child health indicators as per the latest report of National Family Healthy Survey (NFHS-5)conducted by Int...

In Haryana's Faridabad, Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices is is ramping up production to churn out a billion units of syringes to be used for the vaccination drive against COVID-19.

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