Guidance
Solar direct-drive vaccine refrigerators and freezers
This evidence brief provides supply chain managers in low- and middle-income countries with a summary of how recent solar direct-drive (SDD) refrigeration projects have performed, highlighting problems encountered and the steps that were taken to resolve them. An overview of how SDD technology works, and how to make sure that SDD technology is the right choice, is also provided.
Languages
- English
Publication year
2017
Publisher
WHO/UNICEF
Type
Guidance
Categories
- Supply chain & logistics
Countries
- Colombia
- Kenya
- United Republic Of Tanzania
Organisations
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Tags
- Performance monitoring
- Refrigerator / freezer
- Solar
WHO Regions
- African Region
- Region of the Americas
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