Govt upgrading its vaccine storage infrastructure to aid other countries

In a show of soft power, India is upgrading and expanding its vaccine storage infrastructure into an international centre to handhold other developing countries in harnessing the global immunization supply chain.

- Priyanka Sharma

The expansion of the National Cold Chain and Vaccine Management Resource Centre (NCCVMRC) into an International Centre for Excellence in Immunization and Supply Chain will be done in phases. It will deal with capacity building, vaccine management, research studies and management information systems.

NCCVMRC is situated at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) where its primary role is to train cold-chain technicians and vaccine logistics managers. It also acts as a resource centre on cold chain.