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DRC launches drone delivery programme for carrying lifesaving vaccines

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Logistics Update Africa
DRC launches drone delivery programme for carrying lifesaving vaccines

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially launched its routine drone delivery operations to reach remote communities in the quateur province. Led by the DRC ministry of health, with flight approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority, alongside partners VillageReach and Swoop Aero, the drone network, currently composed of a fleet of drones covering 22,000 square kilometres, will deliver health products routinely and on-demand for 70 hard-to-reach health facilities (25 of which are drone landing sites), serving over half a million people. The drone programme will also help to monitor vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles, yellow fever, HIV, and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, and potentially Covid-19.

https://www.logupdateafrica.com/drc-launches-drone-delivery-programme-for-carrying-lifesaving-vaccines-drones

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