Solar-powered refrigerators are the latest innovation that will play a key role in the ongoing fight against malaria.
As explained in Reuters, a “life-saving rollout” of two approved malaria vaccines in Africa are being made possible because of fridges powered by solar panels. The report noted that “thousands” of these devices are available across sub-Saharan Africa and are “ready to serve as the workhorse of the malaria vaccine rollout.”
According to UNICEF, malaria causes 608,000 deaths per year, with Africa accounting for 95% of them. One of the two approved vaccines, RTS,S, has already made a huge difference in the Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi last year, with 1.7 million children receiving at least one dose of the shot.
Cameroon will be the first African country to begin administering doses of RTS,S this year, with 11 more countries to follow. R21, the second vaccine, received approval this past December and “is…
