“Because vaccines save lives”
The cold chain is a logistics management process for products that require specifically refrigerated temperatures. This involves performing a chain of tasks to prepare, store, and transport products along the cold supply chain. Failure to keep cold chain products cold will render them unusable, which leads to a wastage of the products. When cold…, Measuring the mid upper arm circumference of a child provides Measuring the mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) can determine whether a child or adult is malnourished and at risk for complications., UNICEF/UN0692787/Moultrie measuring-child-height UN0692792, A healthcare worker does a routine check up on a young boy at a clinic in Cape Town. Checking the height and weight of a child is critical to assess their overall health., UNICEF/UN0692792/Sheldon Moulton nurse-with-mother-and-baby UN0692786, A mother holds her baby while a healthcare worker does a routine check up at a clinic in Cape Town., UNICEF/UN0692786/Sheldon Moulton health-worker-discusses-road-to-health-booklet-with-mother UN0692781, A healthcare worker shows a mother the Road to Health booklet for child health at a clinic in, Cape Town. The UNICEF-supported Road to Health booklet provides useful information for mothers and expectant mothers., UNICEF/UN0692781/Sheldon Moulton health-workers-discuss-road-to-health-booklet UN0692790, UNICEF South Africa Chief of Health, Dr Sufang Guo and UNICEF South Africa Health Specialist Dr Mercy Kamupira perusing the Road to Health booklet at the Nomzamo Day Clinic outside Cape Town., UNICEF/UN0692790/Sheldon Moulton women-at-day-clinic UN0692788, UNICEF South Africa Cold Chain Management Consultant, Lizette Monteith with Sister Ndabazabo Martha Matisa at the Nomzamo Day Clinic outside Cape Town., UNICEF/UN0692788/Sheldon Moulton woman-show-vaccines-kept-in-cold-storage UN0692775, Donna Samuels, Operations Manager at the Cape Medical Depot, explains the cold chain logistics at the Depot in Cape Town. Storing vaccines at the correct temperatures is critical., UNICEF/UN0692775/Sheldon Moulton woman-inspecting-vaccines UN0692774, UNICEF cold chain management consultant Lizette Monteith, inspects vaccines in a storage room at the Nomzamo Day Centre., UNICEF/UN0692774/Sheldon Moulton man-taking-inventory-of-vaccines UN0692777, A logistics worker takes inventory at the vaccine storage units at the Cape Medical Depot in Cape Town. The Vaccine Depot is the nerve centre for vaccine distribution in the Western Cape., UNICEF/UN0692777/Sheldon Moulton vaxi-taxi UN0692776, Terrence Klaasen, Operations Manager for Emergency Management Services in the Western Cape with Lizette Monteith, UNICEF Cold Chain Management Consultant at the Vaxi-Taxi mobile vaccination site outside Stellenbosch. The Vaxi-Taxi brings vaccinations to those who may not be able to afford to visit a clinic., UNICEF/UN0692776/Sheldon Moulton measuring-arm-circumference-of-child measuring-child-height nurse-with-mother-and-baby health-worker-discusses-road-to-health-booklet-with-mother health-workers-discuss-road-to-health-booklet women-at-day-clinic woman-show-vaccines-kept-in-cold-storage woman-inspecting-vaccines man-taking-inventory-of-vaccines vaxi…
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