(CercleFinance.com) – Eli Lilly and Direct Relief, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, today announced a new initiative to expand access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries by building the capacity of the cold chain in 17 countries.
Backed by $1.15 million in funding from Lilly, Direct Relief will purchase and install approximately 150 medical-grade refrigeration units at 25 Life for a Child partner facilities in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and South Asia. South East.
‘Efforts to expand access to medicines, particularly insulin, are only beneficial when effective cold chain systems are in place to keep them at the right temperature while on their way to patients’, argues Leigh Ann Pusey, executive vice president of corporate affairs and communications at Eli Lilly.
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