COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: An opportunity to revive the public health sector https://www.downtoearth.org.in/video/health/narendra-modi-government-can-easily-pay-for-covid-19-vaccines-here-s-how-76845 

The World Health Organization has developed a framework for the production and distribution of vaccines. But the developed countries and their vaccine manufacturers, the ones responsible for developing these vaccines are against joining this initiative...

With an exponential rise in COVID cases, India’s health care sector is crumbling under the pressure. ..But this is where India's vaccination policy has gone completely wrong. The way India is handling its vaccination could lead to a greater crisis than the one we have seen so far. India has a universal immunization program that covers 12 diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, polio. 

https://youtu.be/lzVSxY9Q_E4?t=397  Arnab Pratim Dutta of Down to Earth says that  Public Sector Vaccine production facilities lying in disuse. Hafkine got one order receently, but six other public sectors units are not invovled.. 

Vaccine Matiri Initiative  https://youtu.be/lzVSxY9Q_E4?t=347

 

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