CoWIN

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3

After the success of the Co-WIN platform, the government is looking to repurpose the technology for various healthcare cases.

• CoWIN is currently being repurposed for the universal immunisation program (UIP).
• It will bring the ease of discovery of vaccination centres/camps and reminders for subsequent vaccinations for preventable diseases for mothers.
• The addition of digitally verifiable certificates for routine immunisation would be the first of its kind globally and a great way to start building longitudinal health records for a child right from its birth.
• In addition to immunisation, the platform would also be considered for the use-cases of blood donation and organ donation in the months to come.
• Additional of digitally verifiable certificates for routine immunisation would be the first of its kind globally and a great way to start building longitudinal health records for a child right from its birth.
• In addition to immunisation, the platform would also be considered for the use-cases of blood donation and organ donation in the months to come.

Co-WIN App (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network)

• It was launched by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
• It is a digitalised platform to help agencies keep a track of Covid-19 vaccination programme and allow Indian citizens to apply for a Covid-19 vaccine shot.
• Co-WIN, a cloud-based IT platform, is supposed to handle minute details for India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, including registering beneficiaries, allocating vaccination centres, sending text messages with name of their vaccinator to beneficiaries and live monitoring of vials in cold storage.

Functions

• Monitoring and Tracking: It enables monitoring the inoculation drive and tracking the listed beneficiaries for vaccination on a real-time basis.
• Thus, it also helps to counter proxy vaccinations.