As India may begin its COVID-19 vaccination drive as early as January 2021, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared a vaccine administration, distribution and storage plan. The BMC initially aims to train its staff for vaccination by January 7 and around eight BMC hospitals have started preparations for the same. Till now 80 thousand health workers have registered on COVID portal in Mumbai, the BMC informed on Monday. In order to combat the COVID-19 surge, the Maharashtra government has imposed a night curfew between 11 pm to 6 am in the state in all municipal corporations from December 22, 2020, to January 5, 2021. Meanwhile, the Pune district administration is also gearing up to vaccinate the front-line workers as soon as the vaccine is made available following government guidelines.According to data available with the district collector office, over 1.10 lakh front-line workers including doctors and Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers have
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Mumbai civic body prepares blueprint for Covid-19 vaccine distribution, storage plan
As India may begin its COVID-19 vaccination drive as early as January 2021, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared a vaccine administration, distribution and storage plan. The civic body has identified eight hospitals as Covid-19 vaccination centres â KEM Hospital, Sion Hospital, Nair Hospital, Cooper Hospital, Bandra Bhabha Hospital, VN Desai Hospital, Rajawadi Hospital and Bharat Ratna Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital and aims to train its staff for vaccination by January 7. Till now 80 thousand health workers have registered on COVID portal in Mumbai, the BMC informed on Monday.
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The poor health infrastructure in India’s scheduled areas failed its Adivasis during the pandemic
The communities, which are already victims of neglect when it comes to rights, recognition and state support, suffered even more during the pandemic. Dec 22, 2020 · 01:30 pm As migrant workers returned to their home states, Covid-19 cases spiked, especially in adivasi-dominated areas. | Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world and employment opportunities dried up, in many countries including India, Adivasis returned to their intergenerational, ancestral homes, often situated near forests.
In the course of the reporting of this story, many of the Adivasi community workers from Jharkhand echoed one sentiment: “If at all we have to die, it is better to die among our loved ones.”
Health digitisation raises privacy concerns
India’s digital move in healthcare can serve as a template - istock.com×
The storage of health data, without sufficient safeguards on who accesses it, can lead to a premature end to the privacy debate
On August 15, 2020, on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).
The NDHM, according to the government, is the first step in strengthening India’s health system and moving it toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: achieving universal health coverage. It aims to digitise the health records of all individuals clinical tests, illnesses, medical prescriptions, and reports under one health identification.