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Malawi: Leveraging Drones to Bridge Healthcare Gaps in Malawi
allAfrica, 8 May 2024
In healthcare, rapid and efficient distribution is crucial Read more »
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Africa: Drones to Data - Africans Turn to Healthtech
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 April 2022
Stanley Ngwira was used to seeing mosquitoes throng the big sky over his village in Malawi, but a drone hovering above the swarms was a new sight altogether for the retired… Read more »
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Malawi: Saving Children's Lives Through Drones
IPS, 28 March 2016
The first successful test-flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone was an unhindered 10 km journey from a community health centre to the Kamuzu central hospital… Read more »
Drones Take Wing for Malawi's Healthcare Needs
Millions lack healthcare access in sub-Saharan Africa due to remote locations and climate challenges. Traditional delivery methods often fall short, leaving vital medicines and vaccines out of reach. But drones are emerging as a game-changer, offering swift delivery of critical care and bypassing these longstanding carriers.
Ndasowa Chitule, VillageReach's acting country director for Malawi, spoke about how drones are delivering life-saving healthcare supplies in Malawi, reports allAfrica's Melody Chironda.
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In a world grappling with malaria elimination, Rwanda became the first country in Africa to integrate and deploy drones in the most malaria-endemic zones of the country for a Read more »
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Scientists at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust have used drones to map out where mosquitoes breed in an effort to identify and destroy malaria-causing mosquitoes, Char Read more »
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Nations including Ghana, Namibia, and Tunisia have taken to the deployment of drones - some of which are capable of thermal imaging - to ensure their respective populations adhere ... Read more »
A drone carrying vaccines arrives at Widjifake Health Center where health workers, Emmanuel and Fabrice, unload the package.
