Historicizing medical drones in Africa: a focus on Ghana

Findings from this study have revealed that Ghana’s adoption of the drone policy has enhanced the timely delivery of products such as test samples, blood and Personal Protective Equipment to various health centres and rural areas in particular.

Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines: The Role of Drones In Ghana’s Health Supply Chain

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Medical Drone Delivery of COVID-19 and TB Samples – A Promising Solution for Mozambique

The National Health Institute of Mozambique, VillageReach and Swoop Aero announced the results of its phase one study exploring drones for transport of Tuberculosis and COVID-19 laboratory samples. The results confirm that the safety, feasibility and stakeholder acceptance of drones are promising and an important step into the national health care system.

Evaluation of Gavi's Private Sector Engagement Approach (2016 - 2020)

This Supplement to the Full Draft Report on Evaluation of Gavi’s Private Sector Engagement Approach (PSEA), 2016-2020, contains seven in-depth case studies to support the evaluation.

Intricacies of medical drones in healthcare delivery: Implications for Africa

Literature review describing the uses, challenges and potential benefits of medical drones.

Unlocking the Lower Skies: The Costs and Benefits of Deploying Drones across Use Cases in East Africa

This report explores the economic and broader societal rationale for introducing drones t in several use cases in the context of East Africa including include medical goods deliveries, food aid delivery, land mapping and risk assessment, agriculture, and transport and energy infrastructure inspection.

Potential Benefits of Drones for Vaccine Last-Mile Delivery in Nepal

The objective of this study is to review the vaccine last-mile distribution to find a cost-efficient solution using a combination of modes of transportation to improve vaccine availability. 

How Do Dangerous Goods Regulations Apply to Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Transporting Medical Cargos?

This paper provides an audit of the current Dangerous Goods regulations, best practice in their application and the development of much-needed new governance that will be required to fully exploit UAVs in medical logistics.

Improving the reliability of primary care services with drones in Madagascar

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Bringing Cancer Closer to Home: Partners in Health and Zipline Join Forces

This case study describes Partners In Health and Zipline collaborated to distribute medications to district hospitals close to cancer patients in Rwanda.