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The objective being to increase the immunization rate in Madagascar.
Hundreds of basis of the twenty-two parts of the big island health centres, will be equipped with solar refrigerators, by the year 2016, to increase the immunization rate in Madagascar. According to Dr. Marius Rakotomanga, Head of Department of immunization within the Ministry of public health, two hundred four twenty sixteen solar refrigerators offered by the World Bank are at the port of Toamasina, currently.
"Enclaved health centres will have priority in the distribution of these new materials., because the remoteness of places of vaccination is one of the reasons for non-vaccination of children, in Madagascar. Parents are more motivated to immunize their children,i infrastructure are close to them., He says. En 2014, the vaccination service counted more than four and twenty thousand children who have not received the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3). It lies among the three thousand Madagascar basic health centres, five hundred are devoid of this device which is used to keep vaccines. For others, These refrigerators are already dilapidated.
Other materials in sight
The Ministry of public health and its partners hope this large gap. "The World Health Organization. (WHO) will offer us one hundred solar refrigerators. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), also. The GAVI Alliance has promised three hundred refrigerators», says Alexandre Rakotoandrasana, representative of the B Medical Systems, the company that manufactures these devices.
The use of solar refrigerators in Madagascar, has started in 2014, After the prohibition of the use of equipment using oil as an energy source, Since January 2014, for the protection of the environment. These solar refrigerators would be safer to keep vaccines, According to still Marius Rakotomanga. "In case there is a failure of the unit, autonomy can reach 85 hours '., He said. And Alexan¬dre Kamir to add that the lifetime of these devices can reach up to 15 years.
Health officials from twenty-two regions, attended a training on the use of these solar refrigerators, to Antaninarenina, the 8 and 9 December 2015 last.
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