U-WIN PORTAL (Syllabus: GS Paper 2 – Health)

Context: The U-WIN portal, modeled after CoWIN for vaccine management, is scheduled for a nationwide launch anticipated by late August.

U-WIN Portal

• About: It is a replication of the Covid-19 vaccine management system Co-WIN.
• Announcement: Interim budget 2024-25
• Under: Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
• The U-WIN platform records all vaccination events for pregnant women and children under the UIP.
• Targeted Beneficiaries: The portal targets 2.9 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore infants annually, providing 11 vaccines against 12 diseases through over 1.2 crore vaccination sessions nationwide.
• Objective: To maintain an electronic registry of routine immunisations.

oCurrently, U-WIN is in pilot mode across all states and Union Territories, except for West Bengal.

• Benefits of U-WIN: Digitization of session planning and real-time updating of vaccination status.

Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)

• Origin: It is a vaccination programme launched by the Government of India in 1985.
• Part of NRHM: It became a part of the Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme in 1992 and is currently one of the key areas under the National Rural Health Mission since 2005.
• Objectives: UIP prevents mortality and morbidity in children and pregnant women against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases.