Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 5) will address the CoWIN Global Conclave, as India is ready and willing to offer the CoWIN platform as a digital public good to other countries, particularly African countries to run their own Covid-19 inoculation drives.
Some 50 countries are taking part, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, and Uganda who have shown interest in adopting CoWIN as the digital platform, to run their vaccination drives.
Dr R S Sharma, the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), recently said India is ready to share the open-source software for free.
“We are elated to announce that Hon’ble PM @narendramodi would be sharing his thoughts on #CoWINGlobalConclave as India offers #CoWIN as a digital public good to the world to combat #COVID19,” the NHA has said in a tweet.
We are elated to announce that Hon’ble PM @narendramodi would be sharing his thoughts on #CoWINGlobalConclave as India offers #CoWIN as a digital public good to the world to combat #COVID19. Join #CoWINGlobalConclave on July 5, 1500 hrs (IST). Reg on: https://t.co/I15dO7bxsm pic.twitter.com/HtaaYKkW17
— National Health Authority (NHA) (@AyushmanNHA) July 4, 2021
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the virtual conclave and other speakers who are expected to speak at the event include Foreign Secretary H V Shringla, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Sharma.
The conclave will see the participation from health and technology experts representing countries across the world. The conclave aims to share India’s experience with regards to universal vaccination to fight Covid-19 through Co-WIN, the NHA said in a statement posted on its website.
India developed Co-WIN as the central information technology (IT) system for strategising, implementing, monitoring and evaluating Covid vaccination. Recently, many countries have shown interest in using the platform, the NHA said. “India is excited to join hands with the world to win over Covi-19 together with Co-WIN.
“Join us as we unfold the story behind the development of a scalable, inclusive and open platform called CoWIN, the tech backbone of India’s vaccination drive,” it added.
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