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PM Modi to share his thoughts at CoWIN Global Conclave today
The virtual meet will start at 3pm and will see participation from health and technology experts representing countries across the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday share his thoughts at the CoWIN Global Conclave, as India will offer the CoWIN platform as a digital public good to other countries to run their own Covid-19 inoculation drives.
About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama and Uganda, have shown interest in adopting CoWIN, a digital platform, to run their vaccination drives, Dr R S Sharma, the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), had said recently, adding that India is ready to share the open-source software for free.
PM Modi has directed officials to create an open-source version of the platform and give it to any country that wants it for free, Sharma had said, reports news agency PTI.
"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.
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the virtual conclave. Others expected to speak at the event include Foreign Secretary H V Shringla, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Sharma.
The virtual meet will start at 3pm and will see 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.
