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Opinion | How learnings from India’s COVID response can be applied to improve routine immunisationSubscriber Only

May 22, 2023 16:02 IST

Several challenges such as mis- and disinformation, supply chain disruptions, the digital divide, and social and geographical barriers were overcome to reach unprecedented vaccine coverage

Health worker Chandravati administers a Covid vaccine shot inside a camel cart in Ramsar village of Rajasthan on 13 January 2023. (Express photo by Chitral Khambhati)

Camel carts, puppets, vaccine songs: Taking the Covid shot to the deserts of RajasthanSubscriber Only

February 2, 2023 19:45 IST

Vaccination in camel carts, songs about the vaccine in folk style, improv stand-up comedy, and an interactive puppet – how this Project is vaccinating people in and around the dunes of Rajasthan.

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Assam: Through ‘baator naats’ and on boats, ensuring no one misses Covid shotSubscriber Only

November 19, 2022 16:53 IST

Street plays, vaccine boats and sustained awareness drives — how this Project is taking the Covid vaccine to remote Assam areas, including sandbars along the Brahmaputra.

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Expanding Covid vaccine cover from hills to coast: Ground workers speak out

November 3, 2022 22:18 IST

In this interview, two NGOs — SAATHII and MFM — talk about supporting the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity Project in increasing vaccination coverage in India for vulnerable communities at the last mile.

Opinion | Harnessing the power of partnerships in expanding Covid vaccine coverageSubscriber Only

October 19, 2022 14:31 IST

Dr Sanjay Kapur writes: The Project has reiterated the country’s strength of successful collaborations -- in this case, with multiple local partners at the state and community levels across a diverse mix -- health workers, community champions, faith-based leaders, beneficiaries-turned-influencers and others.

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Leprosy colonies to old age homes, how this project takes the Covid shot to every doorSubscriber Only

October 13, 2022 18:30 IST

From building trust to using innovative awareness methods to taking the help of religious teachers, the Project volunteers are going the extra mile to increase Covid vaccine coverage among the marginalised and vulnerable.

Gypsy families in Sankarapuram being briefed about the vaccine. (Express photo: Gokul Subramaniam)

Tamil Nadu: Tribals to transgenders, how this project is taking the Covid shot to marginalised peopleSubscriber Only

October 3, 2022 07:10 IST

The project is now being implemented in nine blocks in Kallakurichi, including Ulunthurpettai, Thirunavalur, Thirukovilur Rishivandiyam, Sankarapuram, Kallakurichi, Thiagaduram, Chinnasalem, and Kalvarayan hills.