eVIN

eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network) is an indigenously developed technology system in India that digitizes vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
It is aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country.
Introduced in 2015, the eVIN is being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
eVIN aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country. The network also geo-tags health centres and maintains facility-level dashboard.
eVIN has reached 32 States and Union Territories (UTs) and will soon be rolled-out in the remaining States and UTs of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Ladakh and Sikkim.

The Union Health Ministry announced that the eVIN network is being repurposed for the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine.

National Health Mission (NHM) was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2013 subsuming the National Rural Health Mission and National Urban Health Mission.

The National Health Mission (NHM) envisages achievement of universal access to equitable, affordable & quality health care services that are accountable and responsive to people’s needs.

- The main programmatic components include
  - Health System Strengthening in rural and urban areas
Reproductive-Maternal- Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A)
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.
The National Health Mission seeks to ensure the achievement of the following indicators.
Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to 1/1000 live births
Reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 25/1000 live births
Reduce Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to 2.1
Prevention and reduction of anemia in women aged 15–49 years
Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non-communicable; injuries and emerging diseases
Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks

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