Zim mobile clinic freezes and stores vaccines using wind and solar power
The vehicle uses renewable energy to solve inoculation’s cold chain challenge
12 July 2021 - 21:27
Rural communities in Zimbabwe’s Goromonzi district, some 40km northeast of Harare, are being serviced with a taxi converted into a mobile health clinic, complete with a wind turbine and solar panels to keep a freezer running where vaccines can be stored.
The “ZimbosAbantu healthcare on wheels” clinic is inoculating children against typhoid but is hoping to also start administering Covid-19 vaccines soon...
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