Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network

Why in news?

PM Narendra Modi said the government is using eVIN with UNDP to identify primary beneficiaries and the vaccine distribution networks.

What is eVIN?

Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an indigenously developed technology that digitises vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
It supports better vaccine logistics management & Universal Immunization Programme.

Who will guide the vaccine introduction to all states/ UTs?

National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) has been formed to guide the strategies for vaccine introduction.
According to directions of Covid Vaccine Beneficiary Management System (CVBMS), total of 5,145 trained vaccinators (ANM) have been identified for Covid-19 vaccination purposes across Haryana & staff nurses and pharmacists can be called in as per requirement.
A total of 1,70,992 primary beneficiaries (healthcare workers) from both government and private facilities have been uploaded on the central government’s portal.
It is expected that population will be prioritised based on risk assessment for vaccination and subsequently other groups will be included.

How is Haryana prepared for cold chain spaces?

Username and passwords have been created for all district and state administration to conduct mock sessions regarding storage preparedness.
It has one State Vaccine Store (SVS), four regional stores and 22 district vaccine stores besides 659 cold chain points.
Allocation of extra cold chain equipment like deep freezers and ice lined refrigerators have been received from the Centre.
Directives for creating extra spaces for dry stock and cold chain spaces have already been issued to all the districts.

Source: The Indian Express