The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW) launched the ‘U-WIN’, an online vaccine management portal to captures every vaccination record of all pregnant women and children up to 6 years under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).
- Aim: To maintain an electronic registry of routine immunisations.
- This portal designed to digitises the UIP which is a part of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Program under the National Health Mission (NHM), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW).
Note: The UIP is one of the largest public health programs in the world under which vaccination is being provided free of cost to all pregnant women and children.
Background:
i.The U-WIN portal is a replication of the COVID-19 vaccine management system Co-WIN and an important outcome of the government’s 100-day health agenda.
ii.U-WIN will also be linked to the government’s existing eVIN platform for inventory management.
About U-WIN portal:
i.The portal covers 12 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPDs) under the UIP. They are:
- Nationally against 11 diseases: Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of childhood Tuberculosis, Rotavirus Diarrhoea, Hepatitis B, Meningitis and Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza Type B and Pneumococcal Pneumonia.
- Sub-nationally against a Disease, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) (JE vaccine is provided only in endemic districts).
ii.Age-appropriate immunization is provided against these 12 as per the National Immunization Schedule (NIS).
iii.The U-WIN portal mainly has 5 functioning modules namely:
- The registration and scheduling module (for beneficiaries);
- The administrator module and session planning (for program managers);
- The vaccinator module (for vaccinators);
- The delivery point module (for healthcare workers at the delivery point); and
- The mobiliser module (for frontline workers).
Key Features :
i.Children and pregnant mothers can self-register using Aadhaar and mobile numbers. U-WIN helps locate vaccination centers and book slots.
- They will get vaccine acknowledgement and immunisation card linked to ABHA ID (Ayushman Bharat Heath Account) will be generated.
ii.The platform tracks all vaccinations given, generating a color-coded, and digitally verifiable electronic vaccination (e-vaccination) certificate.
iii.Parents receive Short Message Service (SMS) reminders for upcoming vaccinations and can download digital certificates.
iv.The platform automatically generates a due list of children, aiding health workers to digitally record vaccination events, and facilitating accurate and easy record maintenance.
v.It will also help to connect all digital records through the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) IDs for comprehensive health record maintenance.
Benefits:
i.The digital approach can significantly improve the efficiency and accessibility of immunization services.
ii.The electronic registry, digital certificates, self-registration options, and automated alerts will improve the vaccination rates.
iii.This portal tackles issues like tracking individual immunizations and reducing the number of “zero-dose” and left-out children.
- This is particularly important for migratory populations.
Target:
The portal will target 2.9 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore infants (0-1 years) annually by providing 11 vaccines against 12 vaccine preventable diseases through more than 1.2 crore vaccination sessions across the country.
Recent Related News:
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is set to launch a unified portal named National Health Claim Exchange (NHCX) to simplify the process of filing health insurance claims.
- The NHCX is developed by the National Health Authority (NHA) and it has been developed as part of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
About Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW):
Union Minister– J.P. Nadda (Rajya Sabha – Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS)- Anupriya Patel(Constituency – Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh (UP)), Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav (Independent Charge(IC))(Constituency – Bulthana, Maharashtra)
