Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH’s work on freeze-preventive vaccine carriers to address the problem of vaccines freezing during transport.
Tags
- Cold box / vaccine carrier
Topic references
FREEZE-PREVENTION-NEW-TECH
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|
| Cold chain equipment optimisation platform | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2020 | Guidance | English |
| Field Evaluation of Freeze-Preventive Vaccine Carriers in Nepal | PATH | 2020 | Report | English |
| Forecast report: Freeze-safe vaccine carriers—Modeling the potential global market | PATH | 2016 | Guidance | English |
| Freeze-preventive vaccine carriers: a field evaluation in Nepal | PATH | 2021 | Case study | English |
| Innovations in cold chain equipment for immunization supply chains | Denis Maire, Joanie Robertson, Lauren Franzel | | Journal article | English |
| Phase-change materials for vaccine cold chain applications | PATH | 2016 | Guidance | English |
| Report on the Freeze-Preventive Passive Container Meeting | PATH, UNICEF | 2015 | Guidance | English |
| Research disclosure: Freeze-prevention design for vaccine carriers, cold boxes and other passive cold chain equipment to prevent freezing of vaccines, drugs or pharmaceuticals in the cold chain | PATH | 2016 | Guidance | English |
| Technology update: Freeze-preventive vaccine carriers | PATH | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Using long-range freeze-preventive vaccine carriers in Nepal: A study of equipment performance, acceptability, systems fit, and cost | Kumar S, Lennon P, Muller N, et al. | 2022 | Journal article | English |
