Dimapur, Sep. 19 (EMN): The second round of zone-wise quarterly regional review meeting of VCCM’s organized by UNDP Nagaland was held at the office of CMO Dimapur on Sep. 18.
During the meeting, Project Officer UNDP Imli Longkumer and VCCMs of Dimapur, Peren, and Wokha gave power point to assess the status and activities of each district for the last quarter (June-August 2017).
The members also deliberated on issues and recommendations to improve cold chain management and UIP.
New developments and features related to eVIN and temperature loggers were shared with the officials by Kingson Kamkara, senior project officer UNDP and the team.
The press release also added that with eVIN playing a significant role in ensuring delivery of sensitive vaccines in the right quantity, right quality, right time, right temperature and right place to the right beneficiaries, Nagaland has been fortunate to have been included in the pilot phase. Five countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand) have already shown interest in replicating eVIN’s success to strengthen their capacities too and scale up their own immunization programmes, the release informed.
The programme was attended by CMO Dr. Vikato Kinimi, DCMO Dr. Antoly Swu), DPOUIP-RCH Dr. Lanuakum, district programme manager, district vaccine store manager and cold chain handler of District Hospital Dimapur along with UNDP state officials.
