Open Access Government

The vaccine cold chain: A fragile link in global health infrastructure

Open Access Government outlines the importance of facilitating robust vaccine cold chains to safeguard public health ...
Naija Gist - Latest

UNICEF hands vehicles and Cold Chain Equipment to Ministry of Health and Sanitation's Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) Programme

In a move to strengthen the cold chain system of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, with support from GAVI, today ...
Wired

A Possible Covid Vaccine Means It's Time to Fix Cold Chains

Efforts to find a lasting solution to the Covid-19 pandemic have been primarily focused on developing, testing, and manufacturing at scale an effective vaccine. But little attention has been given to ...

Caribbean countries benefit from PAHO vaccine initiative

Several Caribbean countries are benefitting from a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiative aimed at strengthening ...
KUOW

What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?

Vaccines are like milk. Both make us stronger, but if stored at the wrong temperature, they spoil. The reason? At least in the context of COVID-19, shots rely on messenger RNAs — particles, which in ...
The Nation Newspaper

Africa CDC boosts Nigeria’s immunization with $3.5m cold chain equipment

In response to the call from the West African Health Organization (WAHO) for concerted efforts and partner collaboration to tackle healthcare delivery challenges in the subregion, the Africa Centre ...
KPBS

What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?

Vaccines are like milk. Both make us stronger, but if stored at the wrong temperature, they spoil. The reason? At least in the context of COVID-19, shots rely on messenger RNAs — particles, which in ...