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Lt. Governor launches Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network

Jammu
December 19, 2020

In order to rationalize vaccine flow and distribution across J&K, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today launched the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) here at Raj Bhavan.

Lt. Governor�s Advisor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar; Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam; Financial Commissioner H&ME, Atal Dulloo; CEO NHM Bhupinder Kumar; Director Health Services Dr. Renu Sharma were present on the occasion, an official handout said.

Atal Dulloo gave a comprehensive presentation on the progress of eVIN in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

He informed the Lieutenant Governor that the Metadata Collection of Cold Chain Points and uploading of data in eVIN cloud server has been completed. Training of 689 Cold Chain Handlers and uploading of data of 585 Cold Chain points has been done and all districts have gone LIVE in eVIN.

While highlighting some of the key features of eVIN, the Lt. Governor was apprised that this unique web-based system consists of mobile and web-based application for cold chain handlers which embraces technology to effectively manage real-time stock inventory, maintenance of temperature at all levels of cold chain hence maintaining the potency of the vaccines. This application also helps in accessing vaccine requirement, emergency management of vaccine logistics, route planning of vaccines and stock reallocation.

It was informed that a total of 20 Vaccine Logistics & Cold Chain Managers have been appointed in each district of Jammu and Kashmir, 2 Project officers and 1 Senior Project Officer is in place post induction. Vaccine audit has already been conducted for the past 2 years in Jammu and Kashmir by SPO with field inputs from VCCMs which identified the gaps in vaccine inventory and data recording in a few districts. Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) target calculation and data bank of all districts has been completed with the help of VCCMs.