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MTN solar fridges boost covid-19 vaccination in refugee communities http://www.monitor.co.ug “In about four hours, a non-refrigerated vaccine becomes ineffective,” Amos Asiku, the facility in charge at Bidibidi health centre III in Northern Uganda says. Incidences of vaccines getting destroyed due to lack of refrigeration were common at the health centre which has been operational since 2016. The health centre at the time had gas powered fridges with multiple mechanical faults causing breakdowns every so often, putting the vaccines at risk of getting destroyed. In addition, refilling gas in the fridge was strenuous since it was done from a distant area lasting multiple days. “It had frequent breakdowns and when it went off, the faster you acted, the better, because the fridge would no longer be regulated, the vaccines would go bad which I termed as wasted because it can no longer be used,”Asiku recounts. In the event of a break down, Bidibidi health centre

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