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The challenges of our vaccination drive’s final stretch -Anurag Behar

-Livemint.com

The easy part is nearly done but India lacks the data back-up and processes needed now for full coverage

To quicken the pace of covid vaccination and its equitable distribution, we are working with over 500 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across 12 states. By end October, our effort will scale up to over 3,000 PHCs across some 20 states, helping serve about 100-120 million people in a wide range of geographies—from districts with predominantly Tribal populations to blue-tarpaulin slum settlements in metros. From these frontlines of India’s vaccination drive, here is a brief report of problems that hobble this all-important programme.

But first, a look at some that have misled some of us or been overemphasized.

The notion that public officials lack in dedication and hard work is flawed. From frontline nurses and medical officers to block, district and state level officers (and ministers), most are working as though this is a matter of life and death, as it is.

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