An IoT based Real-time Data-centric Monitoring System for Vaccine Cold Chain

Vaccination is the assured way of gaining immunization against many life-threatening diseases. However, the vaccine outreaches in developing and undeveloped countries are very limited due to lack of proper management of the cold chain system. This paper presents a real-time data-centric cold chain monitoring system for the continuous monitoring of the vaccine distribution and transportation process. The proposed system provides the unique feature of creating and managing individual trips for vaccine transportation process along with the regular supervision of temperature and humidity of the carrier. Moreover, the hardware and software components for the system also track the location of the carrier. This proposed system can be particularly highly effective in increasing vaccine coverage in the remote regions. This is because the proposed system enables the remote monitoring of the entire process and ensure transparency in the distribution process.