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For people living with diabetes in the developing world, a lack of electricity can hamper access to insulin.
But a project in Kenya has shown that insulin can be maintained in hot climates without refrigeration.
Researchers, calling it a breakthrough, are urging the World Health Organization to amend its guidelines.
For people living with diabetes in the developing world, getting daily life-sustaining doses of insulin has gone hand in hand with access to electricity.
Once a vial is opened, manufacturers recommend storing it in a refrigerator until it expires, which is usually after four weeks. But an estimated 470 million people around the world who don t have access to electricity and fridges for food and medicine, making it difficult to store insulin at home.