Health Min’s Digital Portal To Track Rabies Vax Stocks

New Delhi: The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is planning to launch a new digital portal that will keep real-time track of rabies vaccine and anti-snake venom stocks.

The portal, developed by NCDC through its Centre for One Health with the technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will be launched as a pilot in five states -- Andhra Pradesh, Assam, MP, Delhi, and Puducherry.

The digital initiative will involve real-time monitoring of rabies vaccine stocks, tracking of beneficiaries, and ensuring that all doses of the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis regimen are administered in a time-bound manner.

“Digital innovation meets public health! MoHFW's NCDC and UNDP India are training master trainers to initiate the pilot for #ZooWIN -- a game-changing tech solution to streamline rabies vaccine and anti-snake venom supply chains, and track impact across states -- Andhra Pradesh, Assam, MP, Delhi, and Puducherry,” the UNDP shared in a post on social media platform X.

The NCDC, led by Director Prof (Dr) Ranjan Das, recently held a “training of trainers on Zoo-Win -- digital solution for zoonoses prevention -- in collaboration with UNDP”, in the national capital for the pilot states.