Botswana, one of Africa’s few upper-middle income countries, is the the first country in Southern Africa and the third in Africa to pilot drone technology for health-care delivery, to reduce preventable maternal death by delivering supplies to hard-to-reach communities.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) together with Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) and Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science & Technology launched Botswana’s first drone delivery service pilot termed Drones For Health in Palapye on the 7th May 2021. The Drone for Health pilot project, aims to accelerate reduction of prev...

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