Launching the national electronic immunization registry

Hon. Minister of Health Ahmed Naseem launched the Electronic Immunization Registry today, at an event held in Male’

 Electronic Immunization Registry, which is being implemented with support from WHO and UNICEF, is hosted on the DHIS2 health data platform, which is used in many countries to collect and analyse various types of health information. This electronic registry provides a single digital platform to access, record and manage information related to vaccines given to children from any vaccination center across the country.

This platform will track vaccinations given to children from multiple facilities in a single record. This allows the longitudinal tracking of immunization status from birth for each child. Hence, this provides a solution for vaccination centers to easily verify the previous vaccination records of a child.

It will also assist the National Immunization Program to timely monitor the national immunization coverage and aid in ensuring that every child is on track in completing the vaccinations as per the national immunization schedule.

The National Immunization Program works to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases by providing timely, quality vaccinations to all eligible children.