new delhi pm narendra modi announced monday that indias cowin platform for covid vaccination is being made open source available to any and every country for health interventions across the worldthe prime minister made the announcement while addressing a cowin global conclave that according to official sources saw participation from over 140 countries the tech backbone of indias vaccination programme the platform is seen to have delivered in tracking first and second doses scheduling appointments registering beneficiaries and issuing vaccination certificates that can be linked to passportsspeaking on the spread of the pandemic modi said there is no parallel to covid19 in a 100 years and that experience had shown that no nation however powerful can solve a challenge like this in isolation according to government sources the conclave was organised to share the success story of cowin digital platform india has offered the platform which can be adapted and scaled up for health interventions across the world to partner countries as a global public good said a source adding representatives from european commission and un offices also participatedright from the beginning of the pandemic india has been committed to sharing all our experiences expertise and resources with the global community in this battle said modi in his addressasserting that vaccination is the best hope for humanity to emerge successfully from the pandemic modi said right from the beginning we in india decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning our vaccination strategythis is the platform through which india has administered 350 million doses of covid vaccines a few days ago we vaccinated about 9 million people in one day they do not need to carry around fragile pieces of paper to prove anything it is all available in digital format but best of all the software can be customised to any country as per their local requirements said modiministers from five countries bangladesh bhutan maldives afghanistan and guyana participated in the conclave they said apparently that this initiative could be useful for addressing health related challenges in their own countries and expressed interest in collaborating with india to utilise the cowin platformseveral countries showed interest in adoption of cowin platform ministry of external affairs will work with the national health authority for enabling adaptation and adoption of the platform by these interested countries interest has already been shown by vietnam lao pdr cyprus croatia sierra leone zambia maldives malawi and guyana said a source adding the platform is also being offered to whos covid technology access pool