ABU DHABI, 3 hours, 5 minutes
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Rafed, Abu Dhabi’s group purchasing organisation (GPO), has celebrated a new operational milestone after successfully overseeing the storage and supply of millions of Covid-19 vaccines doses via its dedicated Rafed Distribution Centre in the UAE capital.
The dedicated pharmaceutical facility, which measures 19,000 square metres and incorporates eight state-of-the-art cold chambers with the capacity to store up to 120 million vaccine vials, caters to all temperature bands ranging from 2-8ºC for PPE and medical equipment, to -80ºC deep freezer capabilities for vaccine storage.
Rashed Saif Al Qubaisi, Chief Executive Officer of Rafed, said: “What the Rafed team has been able to achieve over the past seven months is incredible and our facilities continue to play a critical role in enabling the UAE’s immunisation initiatives. We are still a relatively young company and the ability to process over three million vaccine doses each month is proof that Rafed is providing a key link in the nation’s logistics chain and enabling centralised procurement services across the Emirates.”