Similarities could be Coincidental

 

 

Context :

How India plans to vaccinate against coronavirus  

 TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Oct 23, 2020, 22:19 IST

Extract :

 

HOW WILL THE VACCINE BE DISTRIBUTED?

 

   The corona virus vaccine , once available, will be distributed under a special

   COVID – 19 immunization programme , with the Centre procuring the dozes 

   DIRECTLY and making it available for PRIORITY groups

       

Ø    The States have been asked not to chart separate pathways of procurement

Ø    The existing digital platform and processes used for the Universal Immunization Programme ( UIP ) are being enhanced to TRACK Covid-19 vaccine administration and movement – from PROCUREMENT to STORAGE to DISTRIBUTION to individual beneficiaries – as and when the vaccine becomes available

Ø  The digital platform that is being enhanced is Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network ( eVIN ) which provides REAL-TIME information on VACCINE STOCKS and Storage Temperatures across all Cold Chain Points in the country under UIP

Ø  Union Health Minister HarshVardhan has said that the Centre estimates to receive and utilize 40-50 crore dozes of Covid-19 vaccine covering around 25 crore people by July next year

 

 WHO ARE THE PRIORITY GROUPS ?

 

Ø  States have been asked to enlist by mid-Nov, the priority population groups……….Each person in the immunization list will be linked with their Aadhaar Cards so as to TRACK them

 

WHAT IS THE UNIVERSAL IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME?

Ø  This special Covid-19 immunization programme would run in parallel with the Universal Immunization Programme , but will use its PROCESSES , TECHNOLOGY and NETWORK ,of the existing vaccine distribution framework

Ø   We have an established infrastructure for SUPPLY , STORAGE and DELIVERY of vaccines to the last mile under our UIP, where we are administering around 600 million dozes to children every year

 

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 4 days earlier, in my email to Health Ministry, I proposed following procedure [ similarity if any with the above news report, could be purely coincidental ] :

 

Voting and Vaccination : Compare and Contrast …………………………[ 19 Oct 2020 ]

Extract :

Distribution Logistics

Please also consider a centralized purchase of vaccines by your ministry from all vaccine manufacturers

No direct purchase by State Governments or any other govt agency – and certainly not by any private party/person

Your ministry to issue DELIVERY SCHEDULES to all vaccine manufacturers, which will instruct, how many dozes ( vials ) to be delivered to each VDC ( Vaccine Delivery Centre ) – and on what date .

These schedules to be visible to all, so that there is no dispute between different States re “non-receipt / less receipt “ of dozes

Each consignment to be tracked by Aushman Bharat website and promptly displayed for all to see

Online confirmation of receipt of each consignment by all VDC – again displayed on website for all – ensuring no debating of FACTS of deliveries / stocks / consumption

Although, website shall not display the names of citizen who have been administered the vaccine ( to protect their privacy ), it will display the DAILY and CUMULATIVE numbers of vaccinations ( for all to see )

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I urge the officers of the Health Ministry to also examine the “ REGISTRATION PROCESS “ ( for each citizen wanting to get vaccinated ), suggested in my e-mail and if found suitable, announce / publicize the same { similarities notwithstanding },  in News Papers – TV Channels – Social Media etc

Such clarity ( widely publicized ), would go a long way to assure the citizen re: the TOTAL TRANSPARENCY of the Vaccination Scheme , irrespective of the “ Confusing Declarations “ in the election manifestos of different political parties in Bihar Elections

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  25 Oct 2020