The drones will use GPS to deliver medical supplies to hard-to-reach communities in the state
In February 2021 the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a U.S.-based medical product delivery company, Zipline, in its efforts to address the challenges with logistics and the delivery of medical supplies to difficult-to-reach communities in the state.
Zipline receives medical supplies from the Kaduna State Health Supplies Management Agency at their warehouse for proper inspection, the supplies are then scanned and labelled with an identification name and expiry dates. The drones, which can fly to their destination with no control, are connected to Global Positioning System and communicate with all the drones in operational flight.
He said one of the reasons for Zipline’s emergence in Kaduna was insecurity and unavailability of storage facilities for some thermolabile and sensitive medications like vaccines.
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