ODISHA, India (WOMENSENEWS)–As the auto rickshaws begin lining up inside the compound at 7 a.m., Vijaylakmi Sahu knows she has just 30 minutes to finish her work. Over the next half hour, Sahu works with clockwork precision. She ensures that the temperatures of the vaccines for pregnant women and children are checked before they are packed under her supervision in cold boxes. After that, three to five auto rickshaws, known as the Immunization Express, head off to the villages where mothers, children and pregnant women await them. Suha is the block program manager of the “alternate vaccine delivery system” at the Chandanpur community health center here in this eastern state. The program has been helping pregnant women receive their antenatal and postnatal shots and children receive a full range of immunization services.

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