Case study
Unplugged and keeping cool
Keeping heat-sensitive vaccines at the right temperature is crucial yet often difficult in areas with limited or no electrical power. Project Optimize collaborated with the Vietnam National Expanded Programme on Immunization to evaluate two technologies to respond to this challenge. One was a direct-drive solar refrigerator and the other a passive cooling device. This fact sheet describes the lessons learned from the demonstration—information which can be used by other country programs considering these devices for long-term storage of vaccines.
Authors
Languages
- English
- French
Publication year
2013
Publisher
PATH, World Health Organization
Type
Case study
Categories
- Supply chain & logistics
Countries
- Viet Nam
Tags
- Cold box / vaccine carrier
- Optimize
- SDD
- Solar
WHO Regions
- Western Pacific Region
Topic references
OPTIMIZE_CC_TECHNOLOGY
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct-Drive Solar Vaccine Refrigerators | PATH, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Case study | English, French |
| Domestic refrigerators for vaccine storage in Tunisia | PATH, World Health Organization (WHO) | Case study | English | |
| Installing and Testing Battery-Free Solar Refrigerators in Vietnam | PATH, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Case study | English, French |
| Stimulating innovation in the vaccine cold chain equipment industry | PATH, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Case study | English, French |
| Unplugged and keeping cool | PATH, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Case study | English, French |
