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A simple solution to maintaining life-saving vaccines | Nithya Ramanathan

A simple solution to maintaining life-saving vaccines | Nithya Ramanathan

FromTED Health


A simple solution to maintaining life-saving vaccines | Nithya Ramanathan

FromTED Health

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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Jan 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Refrigerators do much more than store your groceries -- they're also vital to preserving and distributing vaccines. Illustrating the realities of (and threats to) global vaccine supply chains, technologist and TED Fellow Nithya Ramanathan describes how smart sensors placed in fridges that store medical supplies can provide crucial, real-time data and ensure people get the life-saving care they need.
Released:
Jan 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

From way-new medical breakthroughs to smart daily health habits, doctors and researchers share their discoveries about medicine and well-being onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.