Epidemic Prevention Vehicle (EPV)

The EPV is a product of a GEP collaboration with Kevin Lair, co-founder and president of MOD-ECO architecture, and award-winning design group focused on mobile architecture technology.

Kevin Lair

By combining the GEP’s institutional knowledge of infrastructural growth and general health status in Ghana with the expertise of Mr. Lair in the field of mobile design, we have stimulated the design of the worlds’ first fully-functioning mobile hospital. The hospital, which will include a fully-functioning general-anesthesia capable operating room and four-bed ICU, is designed to fundamentally augment the existing medical infrastructures in developing countries. The fundamental design springs from the manipulation of design features already pioneered by MOD-ECO, adapted to the framework of an eighteen-wheeled vehicle. Fold-out tents and a sophisticated patient and research tracking system round out the design.

The EPV follows a charted course through a particular area of a country, with “set-down” areas designated by optimal population clustering patterns. Capabilities include in and out-patient services, including post-natal reconstructive surgery, internal medical procedures, and other mid-major surgeries.

With an ability to serve large populations with rapid mobility, the EPV represents a wise investment for countries looking for an opportunity to find alternate ways of growing medical and research infrastructure. The cost verses function of an EPV unit greatly outweighs direct investment in existing, dilapidated infrastructure. The EPV is designed to be pre-fabricated in the US and shipped to purchasing countries.

It is designed as a private sector initiative with partial ownership belonging to the GEP and MOD-ECO. The GEP has partnered with the innovative broadband carrier AllTerra Holdings Inc. in order to facilitate its inclusion as a vital component toward Ghana's infrastructure development.

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