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Apurv Soni, 29 Who Shine honoree, focused on health equity in U.S. and abroad
Massachusetts recognizes UMass Medical School MD/PhD candidate for outstanding service By Sandra Gray and Bryan Goodchild
UMass Medical School Communications May 07, 2021
The Massachusetts Department of Education has named MD/PhD candidate Apurv Soni the UMass Medical School “29 Who Shine” honoree for 2021. Soni will be recognized by Gov. Charlie Baker for his exceptional commitment to community service and outstanding academic achievement at the 10th 29 Who Shine recognition ceremony being held virtually on Thursday, May 13, at 2 p.m.
“It is a great honor to be recognized for this award, but I would be remiss not to acknowledge the shoulders I stand on,” said Soni. “This recognition could not be achieved without my mentors who have trained me; the clinical staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center, who were on the frontlines and allowed me to join them du
European
The Indian authorities may have given a go-ahead to two COVID-19 vaccines (Covishield by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and Covaxin by Bharat Biotech), the task of administering a two-dose vaccine to over 1.3 billion people will be nothing short of a logistical nightmare.
With the approval of the two vaccines, the government authorities have also re-launched the Co-WIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network). The indigenously built platform, which will work as an intelligence ecosystem, is an updated version of eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network), and has been developed in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
eVIN & Co-WIN
The eVIN platform was rolled out in 2015 under India’s National Health Mission to vaccinate 27 million women and 29 million children annually. The platform digitized vaccine stocks and monitored the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application. Launched across 12 states of India, e-VIN sup