Improving cold chain systems
2 years, 10 months ago

Improving cold chain systems

The Hindu  

The pandemic has taught us a great deal. India’s UIP comprises upwards of 27,000 functional cold chain points of which 750 are located at the district level and above; the remaining 95% are located below the district level. The COVID-19 vaccination efforts relied on the cold chain infrastructure established under the UIP to cover 87 crore people with two doses of the vaccine and over 100 crore with at least a single dose. As we recover from the pandemic, there is an opportunity for us to pivot to newer mechanisms that can help develop unbroken and resilient cold chain systems and thus augment the immunisation landscape. Robust cold chain systems are an investment in India’s future pandemic preparedness; by taking steps towards actionable policies that improve the cold chain, we have an opportunity to lead the way in building back better and stronger.

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KTR launches TS cold chain centre
1 year, 7 months ago

KTR launches TS cold chain centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Industries minister K.T. Rama Rao inaugurated the Telangana Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain to foster food and health security, empower farmers, and enhance exports. Conceived as a collaborative effort, the CoE is a joint venture involving the Government of Telangana, the Centre for Sustainable Cooling, the University of Birmingham, the United Nations Environment Programme, and …

Bihar receives first tranche of cold chain equipment from Japan
3 years, 6 months ago

Bihar receives first tranche of cold chain equipment from Japan

India TV News  

In a symbolic handover on Monday, the Bihar government received the first tranche of the cold chain equipment procured by UNICEF as part of the Government of Japan assistance to the COVID-19 vaccination drive across India. After receiving the vaccine carriers from UNICEF India Deputy Representative Yasumasa Kimura, Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said, “We are grateful to the government …

Japan to give India $9.3 mn for building cold chain system to store COVID-19 vaccines
3 years, 9 months ago

Japan to give India $9.3 mn for building cold chain system to store COVID-19 vaccines

Firstpost  

The cold chain system — which includes walk-in freezers, solar direct drives, and vaccine carriers — is critical to strengthen the vaccine service delivery system New Delhi: Japan will provide $9.3 million worth of cold chain equipment and related assistance to India to ensure vaccines against coronavirus reach all and boost the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant …

What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?
4 years, 1 month ago

What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?

NPR  

What Is A Cold Chain? Sponsor Message Of the three vaccines approved for rollout in many countries, the Pfizer vaccine wins for most high maintenance with storage requirements at -70 degrees Celsius — a bit chillier than record low temps at the South Pole. North Carolina State systems engineer and vaccine distribution researcher Dr. Julie Swann explains it's a catch-all …

How Africa could use solar tech to distribute Covid-19 vaccines
4 years, 2 months ago

How Africa could use solar tech to distribute Covid-19 vaccines

CNN  

CNN — As vaccines start to be administered across the world, the beginning of the end of the pandemic is at last in sight. The answer is in developing a “cold chain” – a network of vehicles, fridges and cold rooms – that can be used to transport the vaccine seamlessly from the manufacturer to the immunization point. “We should …

29,000 cold chain points, 41,000 deep freezers: How India is prepping for Covid-19 vaccination
4 years, 3 months ago

29,000 cold chain points, 41,000 deep freezers: How India is prepping for Covid-19 vaccination

Live Mint  

As the Indian government prepares for a mega Covid-19 vaccination drive in the coming months, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today informed about the government's plan for cold storage chains for the Covid-19 vaccine. The health ministry's Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 29000 cold chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41000 deep freezers …

India's aviation sector gears up for coronavirus vaccine arrival
4 years, 3 months ago

India's aviation sector gears up for coronavirus vaccine arrival

India Today  

As the world gears up for good news from vaccine manufacturers in the final phase of their trials globally, the aviation sector, like many others, is prepping itself for the critical job of vaccine storage and transportation. Delhi International Airport is the nation's largest cargo hub airport, with two integrated terminals that have an annual cargo handling capacity of 1.8 …

Shortage Of Cold Chain Biggest Challenge In India's Covid Vaccination Drive: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Shortage Of Cold Chain Biggest Challenge In India's Covid Vaccination Drive: Report

ABP News  

Health Ministry Denies Reports Of Rejection Of SII, Bharat Biotech Emergency Use Authorisation India is moving towards one of the largest universal immunization programs, as a vaccine is likely to hit the market very soon, lack of cold-chain facilities in the country may pose a serious challenge to Covid-19 vaccine distribution program, Bofa Securities a foreign brokerage firm, said in …

Distributing Pfizer and other COVID vaccines 'the largest logistics effort in the world since World War II'
4 years, 3 months ago

Distributing Pfizer and other COVID vaccines 'the largest logistics effort in the world since World War II'

ABC  

After the elation of the first approval of a COVID-19 vaccine comes the realisation that making and testing the vaccine is only the beginning. Next year, if the Pfizer vaccine gets the greenlight from the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the first of ten million doses will arrive in Australia in specially designed cooler boxes packed with dry ice. However, in a …

Centre Gears Up for Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution, Prepares Airports for Cold Storage
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Gears Up for Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution, Prepares Airports for Cold Storage

News 18  

After several rounds of meetings between the Aviation Ministry and the airlines, the Centre has begun preparations for setting up a cold storage chain for the Covid-19 vaccine in India. The Aviation Ministry was waiting for the Centre’s nod for a vaccine candidate as arrangements for its transport have already been set, officials privy to the development told The Hindustan …

Coronavirus vaccines expected to reach cold chain points in Delhi by December end
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus vaccines expected to reach cold chain points in Delhi by December end

India TV News  

As the cold chain points across the country are remodelling themselves to support the storage of the upcoming Covid-19 vaccine, the national capital is expected to receive its first batch of vaccines by the end of December, officials of the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, the first vaccine storage facility in Delhi. A three-storey building in the hospital premises, spawn …

India’s vaccine distribution challenge, explained in five charts
4 years, 3 months ago

India’s vaccine distribution challenge, explained in five charts

Live Mint  

When the covid-19 pandemic began spreading, India, like most other countries, was left scrambling for protective gear and medical equipment to manage the crisis. It may be possible to administer 550-600 million doses only over the course of 2021, given the bottlenecks in India’s cold chain infrastructure, wrote Anubhav Aggarwal and Sayantan Maji of Credit Suisse in a report on …

A Possible Covid Vaccine Means It's Time to Fix Cold Chains
4 years, 4 months ago

A Possible Covid Vaccine Means It's Time to Fix Cold Chains

Wired  

Efforts to find a lasting solution to the Covid-19 pandemic have been primarily focused on developing, testing, and manufacturing at scale an effective vaccine. That changed this week, when the first Covid-19 vaccine candidate announced to be effective, from Pfizer-BioNTech, confirmed that it requires two doses and cold storage at –94 degrees Fahrenheit, or –70 degrees Celsius. Long response times …

Pfizer vaccine: India will have difficulties in maintaining a cold chain, says AIIMS director
4 years, 4 months ago

Pfizer vaccine: India will have difficulties in maintaining a cold chain, says AIIMS director

Live Mint  

Delhi AIIMS director on Wednesday said Pfizer's potential coronavirus vaccine has to be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius, which will be a challenge for developing countries like India. "Pfizer vaccine has to be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius, which is a challenge for developing countries like India, where we'll have difficulties in maintaining a cold chain, especially on …

India: Freezer scarcity, patchy power temper COVID vaccine hopes
4 years, 4 months ago

India: Freezer scarcity, patchy power temper COVID vaccine hopes

Al Jazeera  

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needs to be stored at temperatures matching an Antarctic winter, which creates a logistical nightmare for India. But nearly half of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates need cold storage as low as minus 80C, researchers said, requiring seamless cold chain distribution from manufacturers to airports to remote villages. “The key challenge for COVID-19 immunisation will likely …

Vaccine storage demands could leave 3B people in virus cold
4 years, 5 months ago

Vaccine storage demands could leave 3B people in virus cold

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But despite great strides in equipping developing countries to …

What is eVIN and How Will it Ensure Covid-19 Vaccination for a Billion Plus People?
4 years, 5 months ago

What is eVIN and How Will it Ensure Covid-19 Vaccination for a Billion Plus People?

News 18  

An electronic network for distribution will help give the durability of protection and address long-term safety concerns, says well-known vaccinologist Professor Peter Hotez on India’s plan to track vaccine development, procurement and distribution on a digital platform. Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network is an indigenously developed technology system in India that digitises vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold …

Plan Cold Storage and Supply Chain for Covid Vaccines by Oct 15, Centre Tells States as India Toll Hits 1 Lakh
4 years, 5 months ago

Plan Cold Storage and Supply Chain for Covid Vaccines by Oct 15, Centre Tells States as India Toll Hits 1 Lakh

News 18  

With the development process of the Covd-19 vaccine underway, the health ministry has written to states to frame robust plan for vaccine storage and distribution. The Health Secretary at the Ministry of health and family welfare has written to Secretaries of all states and National Health Mission Directors, immunisation officers and state cold chain officers to devise plan for robust …

Cold chain cos gear up for covid vaccine delivery challenge
4 years, 6 months ago

Cold chain cos gear up for covid vaccine delivery challenge

Live Mint  

Indian cold chain operators have started work to prepare an efficient logistics network to ensure the smooth delivery of covid-19 vaccines to its more than 1.3 billion people. While a bulk of the vaccines will be distributed through the Centre’s Universal Immunization Programme mechanism, executives also expect that the government will rope in private cold chain operators. Gati Ltd’s cold …

Technology can ensure a vaccinated future for India's children
8 years, 6 months ago

Technology can ensure a vaccinated future for India's children

Firstpost  

Modern technology, particularly the Internet of Things and real-time monitoring, can reduce losses in high value goods such as vaccines by better identification and resolution of problems of storage and transit than incumbent systems. Many states in India lack effective cold chain infrastructure, thus they are unable to ensure that vaccines are stored at optimal temperatures and don’t have proper …

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