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Drone delivery of vaccine doses speeds up COVID-19 vaccinations in remote areas of Ghana

Drones for vaccination in tough terrain: Nigeria signs up News24 Nigerian states; Cross River and Kaduna signed an agreement with Zipline International to use drones to distribute Covid-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach and conflict-ridden rural areas in the country. The company, which currently operates in Rwanda and Ghana, plans to expand to about six more African countries in the next two years, including Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Benin and Morocco. The drones can carry 1.8 kilograms of carg...

Cross River State Partners with Zipline to Distribute Medical Supplies Statewide with Drone Delivery Service, Cross River state Will Be First State to Use Drones to Deliver Medical Products Within the South-South Region of Nigeria Zipline Will Help Improve Access to Health Care, Create Efficient Delivery System of more than 1,000 Facilities Statewide. Considering the over 430 hard to reach communities in Cross River state, this innovation will strength the health sector and ensure universal acc...

Vanguard News Translate Cross River State partners Zipline, introduces drones for easy delivery of medical supply On Kindly Share This Story: Cross River State partners with Zipline to ensure Medical Products are delivered To Health Facilities by drones. Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade’s administration is poised to achieve Universal Health coverage removing barriers that will stop cross riverians from getting the best of medical care and attention. Within the next 90days, the Cross ...

  The Senior Vice President, Zipline Africa, Daniel Marfo, has lauded the efforts of the government of Ghana for the bold decision of opting to use drone technology to improve healthcare delivery in the country. Mr Marfo was speaking in Calabar, Nigeria during the signing of an MoU with the Cross River State for the use of Zipline’s drone technology to deliver essential medical commodities within the state. Commendations “The government of Ghana needs to be commended for the rather bold de...

  The Senior Vice President, Zipline Africa, Mr Daniel Marfo, has lauded the government of Ghana for the bold decision of opting to use drone technology to improve healthcare delivery in the country. “The government of Ghana needs to be commended for the rather bold decision of adopting the Zipline technology at a time when many thought it was not possible to use drones to deliver medical commodities,” Mr Marfo said. “The government stands vindicated as the technology has been of immense...

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Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Bonney Category: General News Mr Daniel Marfo, Country Lead of Zipline International, delivering his address at the Annual General Meeting and Scientific Symposium of WAPCP 30.5k Shares 705 The Country Coordinator of Zipline, Mr Daniel Marfo, says the use of aerial logistics such as drones is critical to meeting the healthcare needs of people in areas not easily accessible by road. He said the use of aerial logistics in Africa was no longer a luxury but a necessity...

This makes Ghana the first country in the world to deploy drones on a national scale to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. On February 23, the COVAX Facility shipped 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, from the Serum Institute of India (SII) from Pune, India to Accra, Ghana. The arrival in Accra is the first batch delivered anywhere in the world by the COVAX Facility as part of an unprecedented effort to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to lo...

The world rsquo;s first and only national-scale drone delivery service, Zipline, today began the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to selected health facilities within its service area in Ghana.