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'Off-grid' cellphone towers could save lives [1]

Electricity from rural cellphone towers in poor countries could chill vaccines, saving 5 million lives every year, say Harvey Rubin and Alice Conant.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2010
Harvey Rubin [2], Alice Conant [3]
New Scientist [4]
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Tags:
Telecommunication [5], Electricity [6], Health [7], Developing Countries [8], India [9], Rural Health [10], Nigeria [11], Child Health [12], Waterborne diseases [13], Immunisation [14], Rural Energy [15], Off-Grid [16]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/harvey-rubin
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alice-conant
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/telecommunication
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-health
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nigeria
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-diseases
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/immunisation
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-energy
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/grid-0