Bringing the Covid-19 Vaccine to Every Hamlet: The Story of Raigarh

India has achieved better Covid-19 vaccine coverage than most other countries in its income class, aided mainly by domestic production capacity and the government’s decision to offer the vaccines to the adult population for free. There are stark sub-national differences, however, in the pace and coverage of the vaccine rollout. This special report tells the story of the district of Raigarh in Chhattisgarh—one of the low-income, Empowered Action Group (EAG) States in India. Raigarh succeeded in quickly vaccinating a majority of its population as soon as the doses were made available, primarily through strategies such as cross-sectoral collaborations and socio-culturally sensitive communication.