This product is a new suggestion for transportation of vaccine. In emergency areas over the world, such as in war and natural disasters, gatherings of many people are vulnerable for deceaces and often exposed to epidemics.
Mostly, these epidemics take place in poor countries, which also are situated in areas very hard to reach logistically. To prevent and control the deceaces, people are vaccinated. Vaccine is very fragile in transportation and has to keep a temperature of 0-5 degrees °C. The coldbox consists of a simple shell of styrophor. Inside it is clad with hollow sticks of ceramic. When the sticks are exposed to heat, the physiological effect resembles the reaction in a wine cooler a hot summer day. This is a determining factor when vaccine has to be transported long distances in hot countries. With the coldbox, the right temperature of the vaccine is kept up to 25 % longer during the transport – and can therefore save more lives.
The project was awarded 2.nd prize in the Dyson Award 2005
