PUNJAB ALL SET TO ROLL OUT U-WIN TO DIGITISE UNIVERSAL IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME IN PUNJAB

PUNJAB AIMS FOR HUNDRED PERCENT VACCINATION COVERAGE OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH A U-WIN PLATFORM

Chandigarh, June 27, 2023: (Kartika Singh/Arth Parkash):: 

 Following the success of digitization of the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) in two districts— Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar— the state, the Punjab Health Department is all set to roll out the U-WIN— a digital platform for UIP, in all the districts of Punjab from coming August.

 The pilot program had remained a huge success with both districts have been able to achieve the desired targets by registering 92% of session sites on board, while, 102% of newborns were registered against pregnancy outcomes, and 90% of registered newborns were provided birth doses of vaccines through this digital platform.

Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Balbir Singh, while congratulating the health staff for achieving this another milestone, emphasized that providing world-class healthcare facilities and the best possible health-related services to the people of Punjab is the mandate of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

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The Health Minister, who joined via video conference, was addressing the two-day state-level Workshop of Training of Trainers for U-WIN that commenced here on Tuesday. All the District Immunization Officers, and Vaccine Cold Chain Managers from all the districts of Punjab are participating in this workshop, which will conclude on Wednesday. After getting training, these trainers will further impart training to the concerned health staff in their respective districts for a successful rollout of the U-WIN platform.

 Pertinently, Immunization has been a proven and cost-effective strategy to prevent the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases, and UIP in Punjab covers 11 diseases and aims to reach over 437000 newborns and 480000 pregnant women every year.

 As of now, this vaccination program is being conducted in manual form, and with the execution of the U-WIN platform in August, all the data pertaining to vaccination will be digitized along the lines of Co-WIN. The CO-WIN platform has been very successful in India for covid vaccination during the pandemic times. With digitalization the benefits not only include improvement in record keeping, but it also empowers the beneficiaries and with an increase in vaccination coverage contributes to better public health outcomes.

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE AS MANDATED BY CM BHAGWANT MANN

Underlining the benefits of the U-WIN platform, the Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Vivek Pratap Singh said that this digitalization will be of tremendous help as it will help in reducing the workload of the health staff as unnecessary time in preparation of reports will be considerably saved because online record-keeping of data will help in auto-generation of required reports.

 The beneficiaries will also be empowered through this portal as they will be able to register and book their vaccination while sitting at their homes at any of their nearby session sites, he said, while clarifying that on-site registration of the beneficiaries will also be available in this portal.

 Secretary Health cum MD NHM Dr Abhinav Trikha stated that the U-WIN platform will also enable beneficiaries to download their vaccination certificates and reminders in the form of text messages will also be sent on their mobile to keep them up to date about their upcoming vaccinations, follow-up of dropouts and planning of RI sessions. “Vaccine acknowledgment and immunization card linked to the Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID (ABHA ID) will be generated for pregnant women and children,” he added, insisting on the popularisation of ABHA ID for every citizen.

 Director of Health and Family Welfare Dr Adarshpal Kaur asked participants to ensure the successful implementation of U-WIN.

 During the training workshop, Project Officers UNDP Dr. Seema Garg, Dr. Meet Dipinder Singh, Upkar Singh, and Amritpal Singh were felicitated for their commendable role in the successful implementation of U-WIN in the two Pilot districts.

 On this occasion, State Immunization Officer Dr. Balwinder Kaur, SPO UNDP Dr. Manisha Mandal, Dr. Sonika, and other officials were also present.