SciShow | How Engineers Move Medicine Around the World

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Episode Title: How Engineers Move Medicine Around the World
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Description: This episode was produced in collaboration with and sponsored by Emerson. Click here to learn more about their We Love STEM initiative: https://www.emerson.com/welovestem?cm_mmc=SciShow-_-Video-_-Youtube-_-ColdChain2019 #WeLoveSTEM #STEM #Engineering #coldchain Modern medicine has made great strides when it comes to treating and preventing some of the worst diseases in history. But getting that medicine from labs to remote regions presents some interesting engineering challenges. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Reid et al 2018 Mistakes in Storage May Alter Medication, New York Times, 2011 http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4885e/6.5.html https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/immunization/essays/going-the-last-mile.html https://www.unicef.org/innovation/innovation_81725.html https://home.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator5.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X13010670 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/254715/WHO-IVB-17.01-eng.pdf?sequence=1 https://www.wired.com/2013/06/how-to-design-a-life-saving-device/ https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/isobar-refrigerator-backpack-vaccine-transport, http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37306334/this-invention-by-a-british-student-could-save-millions-of-lives-across-the-world https://www.who.int/immunization/programmes_systems/supply_chain/ctc/en/ https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2012/09/dyson-award-winner-vaccine-refrigerator.html https://www.marlow.com/how-do-thermoelectric-coolers-tecs-work https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2019/04/u-a-e-researcher-joins-quest-for-heat-resistant-vaccines/ https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/freezedried-polio-vaccine-could-vanquish-the-disease-permanently/ https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/weo2017specialreport_energyaccessoutlook.pdf https://www.unicef.org/supply/files/Solar_Direct_Drive_Refrigerators_and_Freezers_Oct_06_2016.pdf https://www.viaglobalhealth.com/product/arktek-passive-storage-device/ http://www.arktek.org/news-detail.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mnr/fridge.html http://www.arizonaenergy.org/AltEnergyClub/SMALL%20AMMONIA%20REFRIGERATOR.htm https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/heat-pump-systems/absorption-heat-pumps https://medium.com/innovate4health/global-goods-arktek-a-life-saving-super-thermos-vaccine-cooler-4b16c2645818 https://apps.who.int/immunization_standards/vaccine_quality/pqs_catalogue/ https://www.who.int/topics/prequalification/en/ Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dryvax.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wellcome_polio_vaccine_Wellcome_L0033971.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naval_Special_Warfare_support_technicians_receive_training_on_a_solar-powered_refrigerator_March_12,_2012,_at_Joint_Expeditionary_Base_Little_Creek-Fort_Story,_Va_120312-N-AT856-010.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gask%C3%BChlschrank_Elektrolux_L15_1940er_img01.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VillageReach_vaccine_cold_chain.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Absorption_fridge.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/stormy-clouds-for-background-gm956334552-261111304 https://www.videoblocks.com/videos/electric+grid?libraryId=1&page=1&sort=most_relevant&video_quality=HD


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