Evermed Vaccine Cold Boxes
WHO PQS-compliant vaccine transport cold boxes for veterinary campaigns, last-mile delivery and field vaccination across East Africa.
The last mile, from county store to the animal in the field, is where vaccine cold chains fail most. The cold box is what makes that last mile viable.
Evermed's vaccine transport cold boxes are polyurethane-insulated, WHO PQS-compliant containers that maintain vaccines at 2-8°C for 72-96 hours using ice packs or phase change coolants without electricity. Available in 3.5 L, 7 L and 17 L vaccine-carrying capacities. Jos•Hansen distributes Evermed cold boxes with ice pack sets, temperature monitors and field protocol training across East Africa.
72-hour holdover
The 7 L and 17 L boxes with correctly conditioned ice packs maintain 2-8°C for 72 hours in 30°C ambient conditions, sufficient for a 2-day field campaign from a county base without re-icing. Foam-injected polyurethane insulation maintains this performance across the 5-year product life.
Ice pack conditioning
Cold box performance depends entirely on ice pack temperature at loading. Ice packs loaded directly from the freezer at -20°C will freeze vaccines. Ice packs conditioned to 0°C maintain 2-8°C without freeze risk. Jos•Hansen provides conditioning protocol training as the single most impactful field intervention for vaccine viability.
Three sizes
The 3.5 L box handles a single-farm visit or small vaccination day. The 7 L box holds a day's supply for a field officer on a vaccination route. The 17 L box supports a multi-day campaign team. Jos•Hansen supplies the correct size for the scale of the programme.
The cold box is the sole cold chain on a campaign route.
A FMD vaccination campaign covering 500 cattle farms over 3 days requires cold boxes that hold temperature for the full campaign duration. Field officers cannot restock vaccines mid-route. The cold box is the sole cold chain between the county store and the animal. Evermed's documented 72-hour holdover under WHO PQS testing conditions provides the reliability baseline that campaign planners need.
Commercial farm deliveries need validated cold chain records.
Commercial livestock farms in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania receive vaccine orders from Jos•Hansen by road transport taking 4-12 hours. Vaccines shipped without validated cold chain arrive with unknown temperature history. Evermed cold boxes with data loggers provide a complete temperature record for every delivery, satisfying veterinary regulatory requirements and building supplier trust.
Training is the multiplier on hardware performance.
Jos•Hansen provides ice pack conditioning training, loading sequence guidance, ambient temperature compensation protocols and field maintenance procedures for all Evermed cold box users. A correctly used cold box of average quality outperforms a high-quality box used incorrectly. Training is included at delivery.
Technical specifications.
Sizes available
3.5 L, 7 L, 17 L vaccine-carrying capacity
Insulation
Foam-injected rigid polyurethane
Holdover time
72-96 hours at 2-8°C, 7 L box in 30°C ambient
Ice pack compatibility
0.4 L and 0.6 L phase change ice packs
Certification
WHO PQS E004 pre-qualified
Product life
5+ years under normal field conditions
Holdover time at 2-8°C in 30°C ambient for the 7 L box under WHO PQS testing conditions
Pre-qualified cold box performance under WHO E004 specification, accepted in government procurement
Product lifetime under normal field campaign and storage conditions
Why Evermed.
72-hour field holdover
Sufficient for 2-day vaccination campaigns from a county base without re-icing.
WHO PQS pre-qualified
E004 compliant, accepted in government vaccination programme procurement documentation.
Three sizes
3.5 L to 17 L, right-sized for single-farm visit, route officer and multi-day campaign team.
Full training included
Ice pack conditioning, loading protocols and field maintenance training from Jos•Hansen at delivery.
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