The R-value of global health (conserving energy to save lives)

The world health community has been rapidly expanding immunization programs with the intention of reducing and eliminating the most common controllable diseases. Many vaccines must be kept within the strict temperature range of 2 to 8°C. Temperature degradation and exposure to freezing temperatures will destroy the viability of these vaccines. The freezing problem of vaccines is often caused at the local level of distribution and can frequently be attributed to the methods and materials used to store the vaccines. PATH (Program for Applied Technology in Health) has issued a challenge to industry to address the problems of transporting and storing vaccines. In response to this challenge, SAVSU describes here calculated performance results for an advanced container design under development.