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Mission Vaccine Suraksha

The development of safe and effective vaccines was
a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic.
To support public health efforts, Reliance Foundation
launched Mission Vaccine Suraksha in April 2021
to bring vaccines to every Indian. The programme
covered vulnerable communities, Reliance employees
and their families across India, and even included
outreach efforts in remote locations. The aim was to
reach every last-mile resident, including the elderly, the
homeless, people with disabilities and those living in
remote areas. This ensured complete coverage of the
vaccination programme, which was crucial as any gaps
in coverage would have compromised public
health efforts.

Reliance thus provided over 40 lakh vaccinations free
of cost to support the national vaccination mission. It
collaborated with local authorities and governments in
this mission under the We Care umbrella. This included
free vaccination doses to the governments of Kerala,
Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, as well as to other
regional and national organisations. This turbocharged
the nation’s vaccine rollout at a critical point and helped
make it one of the most successful national vaccine
programmes anywhere in the world.

Thinking out of the box to Delivering vaccines to

deliver liquid oxygen the most vulnerable

Reliance Foundation has conducted vaccination
Reliance had to overcome immense challenges drives for vulnerable communities across India,
to produce and distribute liquid oxygen of the including in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
desired quality. The biggest challenge was the and Kerala. Among the delighted beneficiaries
exacting specifications – liquid medical oxygen are Paban Ghosh (90) and Maya Rani Ghosh (74)
has to be produced at -183ºC with almost 99.5% of Badkulla, Nadia, in West Bengal. They had
purity. Reliance engineers worked tirelessly to no mobile phones and were unable to visit any
maximise production in a short span of time through vaccination centre due to their advanced age.
process optimisation and modification of Cryogenic When Reliance Foundation visited their village, its
Air Separation Units. They had to improvise officials registered them on the CoWin app, which
means of efficient transportation too, since liquid enabled them to get safely vaccinated. Another
oxygen pumps cannot be installed at short notice. relieved recipient is Swami Naidu, a fisherman from
Ingeniously, they made logistical modifications Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He did have a mobile
to rail and road transport, such as laying parallel phone, but he was unable to get any vaccination
lines, using hoses and loading liquid tankers slots on the CoWin app as they always seemed
through pressure differentials. Their quick thinking fully booked. This compounded his growing
and creativity helped solve several intractable anxiety as cases continued to rise. Finally, the local
engineering challenges and paved the way for Reliance Foundation team helped Naidu secure
Reliance’s successful delivery of oxygen for a slot and he got himself vaccinated at a nearby
the nation. hospital, allaying his fears.

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