Festival of Cooling Day 2 - Focus on the Health Sector
A broken cold-chain isn't just a logistical failure. It's a matter of life and death.
From vaccines and insulin to antivenoms and blood supplies, temperature-sensitive health resources depend on reliable cold-chains. Yet across many low and middle-income regions, these systems are weak, fragmented, and energy-inefficient, thereby undermining both trust and outcomes in public health.
Day 2 focuses on health professionals, logisticians, facility managers, and system planners, who are closest to the consequences of cold-chain gaps but are rarely included in cooling conversations. This day will elevate their voices, equip them with knowledge, and connect them to innovators who are rethinking how healthcare and cold-chain systems can work in harmony.
How will you benefit from joining our day?:
- Real-world problem-solving: Case studies and open forums offer opportunities to explore health cold-chain challenges and co-develop practical solutions.
- Professional development: Gain insights into best practices in medical cold-chains, learn lessons from emergency responses (such as Marburg or COVID-19), and understand advances in temperature monitoring, data logging, and energy-efficient refrigeration for health.
- Live demonstrations: See cold storage units powered by solar PV, thermal storage for medical use, and the fast-freezing power of liquid nitrogen.
- Networking and collaboration: Create synergies with health actors, NGOs, donor agencies, equipment suppliers, and R&D actors.
- Policy awareness: Engage in roundtables that unpack national and global strategies for health-focused cold chains, including discussions on energy transition and digital tracking systems.
- Capacity building: Access to training opportunities at ACES, exposure to innovations in health cold-chain maintenance, and exploration of GESI-sensitive approaches to health.
Register for free, and join us on day 2, at the Rubirizi Campus, Kigali, Rwanda, at the Festival of Cooling.
