Preventing vaccine freezing is one of the biggest barriers in vaccine management. Toward addressing this challenge, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, Nepal, in collaboration with PATH, conducted a field evaluation of freeze-preventive vaccine carriers (FPVCs) in 24 health facilities located across one hilly district and one plains district of eastern Nepal. The primary study objectives were to evaluate the performance, acceptability, and fit of the FPVCs within the existing immunization system.
Tags
- Cold box / vaccine carrier
Topic references
FREEZE-PREVENTION-NEW-TECH
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
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| 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 |
