The eVIN network, which can track the latest vaccine stock position; the temperature at storage facility; geo-tag health centres; and maintain facility-level dashboard, is being repurposed for the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Try this question from CSP 2016:

Q.‘Mission Indradhanush’ launched by the Government of India pertains to:

(a) Immunization of children and pregnant women

(b) Construction of smart cities across the country

(c) India’s own search for the Earth-like planets in outer space

(d) New Educational Policy

What is eVIN network?

• The eVIN is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country.
• This is being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• It aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country.
• This system has been used during the COVID pandemic for ensuring the continuation of the essential immunization services and protecting our children and pregnant mothers against vaccine-preventable diseases.

Components of eVIN

• eVIN combines state-of-the-art technology, a strong IT infrastructure and trained human resource to enable real-time monitoring of stock and storage temperature of the vaccines kept in multiple locations across the country.
• At present, 23,507 cold chain points across 585 districts of 22 States and 2 UTs routinely use the eVIN technology for efficient vaccine logistics management.

Benefits of eVIN

• It has helped create a big data architecture that generates actionable analytics encouraging data-driven decision-making and consumption-based planning.
• It helps in maintaining optimum stocks of vaccines leading to cost savings. Vaccine availability at all times has increased to 99% in most health centres in India.
• While instances of stock-outs have reduced by 80%, the time taken to replenish stocks has also decreased by more than half, on an average.
• This has ensured that every child who reaches the immunization session site is immunized, and not turned back due to unavailability of vaccines.

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