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Toryalai Hart

British-American, born in Afghanistan, grew up in West Africa and have set foot in 50+ countries for work and leisure. Background in extreme sports instruction, virtual reality, 3d film technology, web development, therapeutic touch, cognitive neuroscience research in sleep and learning disabilities in humans with emphasis on imaging/analysis hardware and software development, child nutrition (war on junk food in USA), eco-cultural-adventure-tourism, sustainable business, renewable energy, remote telecommunications, water pumping, green architecture, waste management and conversion to energy, and immunization cold chain technology development.

Today, I'm back in Mali, working as an independent consultant in technology for health and the environment.

Using Cellular Station Generators (CSG’s) to Power the Cold Chain

by Toryalai Hart
Toryalai Hart
British-American, born in Afghanistan, grew up in West Africa and have set foot
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Thursday, 26 May 2011 Category Distribution systems and stock management 1 Comment

Cell tower on the route de guinee in Mali

Remote Cellular Stations generate power that they convert to radio waves to provide coverage to their consumers.  Such stations are well distributed throughout countries, and growth projections worldwide are excellent.  Cellular Service providers are actively replacing old diesel generators with renewable energy solutions to improve on service reliability, reduce operating costs, and meet Corporate Social Responsibility objectives.  Meanwhile, cold chain storage points are often in proximity to Cellular stations, and have insufficient power to adequately conserve vaccines.  Are there scenarios in which the cold chain could tap into power from Cellular stations?

Tags: cold chain equipment, distribution, equipment logistics, logistics, vaccine carriers, transportation, immunization, maintenance, refrigeration equipment, storage, Solar, Energy, Power
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Army Humanitarian Assistance programs can support Immunization

by Toryalai Hart
Toryalai Hart
British-American, born in Afghanistan, grew up in West Africa and have set foot
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011 Category Immunization delivery strategies 3 Comments

US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Teams support EPI

I met the Director of the US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Team in Mali socially in Bamako, and he explained the mission of the US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) as essentially being a technology transfer of Humanitarian Assistance capacity to the country's army in which teams are based. He also explained that other than conducting "Medcaps", events at which they have stands to perform free services ranging from AIDS testing to medical consultations, that they had an avid interest in strengthening immunization and working with the MoH and NGO's, particularly national ones, to reinforce their programs.

Tags: transportation, immunization, pneumo, logistics, campaigns, Africa, medical waste, distribution, polio
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