Bringing Medical Supplies To Remote Areas

9 June 2022 by April Chepovskygold Harvey, J.D., R.N., U.S. Editor

Healthcare

An estimated two billion people lack medicines because they live too remotely.

Zipline, has been a pioneer in developing medical deliveries in places like Rawanda and Ghana using drones. Drones can travel in 30 minutes what it might take all day in an automobile.

The company is now using its drones to fight Coronavirus in Africa and may do so in the future in the United States.

Photo Credit: Zipline

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IdeaSpies @ 2023.03.26 10:56 AM
Great to see the progress Zipline has made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOWDNBu9DkU

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