This WHO guideline is designed to assist managers of immunization services to create and maintain a service infrastructure that is capable of responding to change. The guideline is aimed at senior managers at national and internediate levels, but may also be of value to other logistics specialists.... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
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Language: English
This evidence brief from Project Optimize describes the growing need for off-grid cooling solutions and provides an evaluation of two technologies designed to overcome off-grid cooling challenges.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This short technical brief outlines the opportunities, risks, and recommended best practices associated with ocean shippment of vaccines.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain, Storage and distribution
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Language: English
This fact sheet describes a selection of solar energy solutions being developed by the WHO and PATH to solve storage and transportation challenges in areas what have unreliable or unavailable power sources.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
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Language: English
This fact sheet describes a selection of solar energy solutions being developed by the WHO and PATH to solve storage and transportation challenges in areas what have unreliable or unavailable power sources.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: French
These WHO guidelines set out the principal requirements for the safe storage and distribution of time and temperature-sensative pharmaceutical products (TTSPPs). The target audience includes regulators, logisticians, and pharmaceutical professionals in industry, government, and international agencies. WHO Technical Report Series, No.961, 2011, Annex 9... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain, Storage and distribution
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Language: English
This fact sheet briefly describes innovations in cold chain storage and transport for vaccines, and describes how they are currently being used in Vietnam, Tunisia, and Senegal.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: French
This fact sheet briefly describes innovations in cold chain storage and transport for vaccines, and describes how they are currently being used in Vietnam, Tunisia, and Senegal.... Read more
Author: Paul Marsden, Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
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Language: English
This report outlines the results of a study commissioned by project Optimize in Tunisia, which evaluated 5 potential solutions for controlled room temperature (CRT) storage. Cost and energy efficiency were criteria for assessment.... Read more
Author: John Lloyd, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Steve McCarney, World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: English
This report outlines the results of a study commissioned by project Optimize in Tunisia, which evaluated 5 potential solutions for controlled room temperature (CRT) storage. Cost and energy efficiency were criteria for assessment.... Read more
Author: John Lloyd, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Steve McCarney, World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain
Document type:
Language: French