Frequent exposure to suboptimal temperatures in vaccine cold-chain system in India: results of temperature monitoring in 10 states

• Main Authors: Manoj V Murhekar (Author), Srihari Dutta (Author), Ambujam Nair Kapoor (Author), Sailaja Bitragunta (Author), Raja Dodum (Author), Pramit Ghosh (Author), Karumanagounder Kolanda Swamy (Author), Kalyanranjan Mukhopadhyay (Author), Somorjit Ningombam (Author), Kamlesh Parmar (Author), Devegowda Ravishankar (Author), Balraj Singh (Author), Varsha Singh (Author), Rajesh Sisodiya (Author), Ramaratnam Subramanian (Author), Tana Takum (Author)
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• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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Objective To estimate the proportion of time the vaccines in the cold-chain system in India are exposed to temperatures of < 0 or > 8 °C. Methods In each of 10 states, the largest district and the one most distant from the state capital were selected for study. Four boxes, each containing an e...