City-based Sathguru Management Consultants' solution to the logistical challenge in last mile of vaccine delivery developed jointly with the US-based nonprofit research institute RTI International has been recognised by Grand Challenges Canada with a grant of Canadian $ 100,000.
Sathguru has been recognised among 59 peer-reviewed grantees from low and middle income countries in Round 4 of the 'Stars in Global Health' programme for creative, out of the box global health solutions. Grand Challenges Canada is funded by the Government of Canada and is dedicated to supporting bold ideas with big impact in global health.
Sathguru stated in a release that the solution was a portable and battery-operated thermoelectric container developed in collaboration with D Rama Venkatasubramanian, director of RTI's Centre for Solid State Energetics.
The container is envisioned to replace the Styrofoam and plastic boxes with ice packs that are currently used to transport vaccines to remote vaccination camps in emerging economies in Asia and Africa.
