Solar fridges to chill COVID-19 shots in rural Africa
Channel: Science & Development Network
Date: 25/02/2021

Solar-powered refrigerators could be a game-changer in Africa’s fight against COVID-19 by helping the continent  to store and distribute vaccines, especially in rural and remote areas with no connection to electricity, experts say.

As the world prepares and rolls out mass vaccinations against COVID-19, experts from the Global Environment Facility-funded Sure Chill vaccine storage project in Colombia, Eswatini and Kenya add that equipping health facilities not connected to the national grid with solar-powered refrigerators could be key to reaching rural populations.

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