Brief Background
- India’s leading vaccination platform
- CO-WIN is a transparent system that allows tracking of each dose of vaccine supplied to vaccination facilities and records the fulfilment of demand at a granular level.
Objectives
- To ensure an end-to-end solution for vaccination drive in the country
- To record and monitor the vaccination events
Benefits and Impact
- Facilitates equitable distribution of vaccines across multilingual States in India and allows for multiples modes of registration to ensure accessibility to all
- 100+ Apps integrated with CO-WIN and providing search, booking and certification facility to their users
- Facilitated 2.2+ Billion doses of vaccinations and 1.1+ Billion registrations of users
Implementation Methodology
- Platform was developed in record speed with due consideration to its scalability, modularity, and interoperability.
- CoWIN platform was implemented in different phases, keeping healthcare professionals and 60+ population at priority.
- It is being repurposed for accommodating Universal Immunization Program and other use cases such as blood donation, organ donation, etc. and are compliant to India’s National health ecosystem- Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
High Level Architecture
Modular Architecture consists of
- Registration
- Facility
- Vaccination
- Certificates
Front end apps include UMANG, Aarogya Setu, DigiLocker and Third Party Apps
Modalities of implementation
- Co-WIN developed an international version of the immunisation certificate aligned with WHO-DDCC:VS for Indian beneficiaries to facilitate overseas travel
- MoU has been signed between India and Guyana for integration of CoWIN platform into their own health ecosystem. More than 12 countries including Nepal, Zambia, South Sudan, etc have expressed interest in platform.
- To facilitate cross-border travel, the Indian government is working with international organisations like WHO and ICAO to establish a trust framework for the acceptance of digitally verifiable immunisation certificates.
Use-cases
- Life-long vaccination certificate
- Employee’s vaccination verification service
