At more than 400 Zimbabwe health clinics, solar panels keep the lights on

In Zimbabwe, electricity shortages often cause lengthy blackouts. Without power, health clinics are unable to store vaccines and other life-saving medicines properly.

Solar power keeps Zimbabwe health clinics operating.

Linou: “What we realized is that some of the drugs were not being kept at the right temperature and basically the health quality – the services – were at risk.”

Natalia Linou is with the U.N. Development Programme – or UNDP. The international organization works with health clinics in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere.

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