Keeping medicines cool
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How enzymes and earthen pots could help keep medicines safe.\\n \\nAccess to life-saving medicines often relies on a complex system known as the cold-chain \\u2013 the refrigerated lorries, store rooms and fridges, which keeps them at the right temperature from the factory to the patient.\\n \\nHowever, a traditional cold chain runs on electricity- meaning that it\\u2019s often difficult to keep medicines and vaccines cold for long enough to reach the remote places and look after them when the electricity supply is intermittent.\\n \\nThe food we eat also relies on the cold chain to keep it cool from the farm until it reaches our plates.\\n \\nWe meet some of the inventors and entrepreneurs working on cooling solutions, from using enzymes from a special bacteria that make water freeze at a higher temperature, to the earthen pots keeping insulin cool in India.\\n \\nPresenter: Myra Anubi\\nProducer/Reporter: Craig Langran\\nReporters: Mayank Prakash Bhagwat, Daniel Ominde\\nProduction Co-ordinator: Ibtisam Zein\\nSound mix: Andy Mills\\nExecutive producer: Tom Colls\\nEditor: Richard Vadon\\n \\nImage: Alkesh and his insulin (Credit: Mangesh Sonawane, BBC)
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