Kohima, May 21 (MExN): The official inauguration to view ‘Live’ temperature of the Walk in Cooler (WIC), Ice Line Refrigerator (ILR) and Deep Freezer (DF) in the State Vaccine Store was done by Dr. Megousielie Kire, Director, Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland on May 20. He was accompanied by the Senior Project Officer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nagaland Kingson K Shimray and MO-UIP Dr. GR Rio.
Nagaland is officially one of the 13 electronic vaccine intelligence network (eVIN) pilot project states in India to go ‘Live’ to view both status of the vaccine and temperature, informed a press release received here.
Temperature loggers were installed in the WIC, ILR, and DF of the State Vaccine Store on May 19, while Nexleaf- TERI technicians’ training was held on May 18.
eVIN, which was launched in Nagaland last year, aims to support the Government of India’s Universal Immunization Programme by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points.
