Policy Guide For Drone Services Needed — MoH | General News

The General Manager of Zipline, Mawuli Atiemo, said the government's bold decision to roll out the drone technology in healthcare delivery had sparked great interest around the world, adding that the company had received a grant facility from the United States Trade Development Authority for a feasibility study into areas of expansion and for other use cases in Ghana and Nigeria.

He said the company had supported the GHS vaccination campaigns by delivering more than 5.9 million child vaccines to health facilities in communities with uneven geographic landscapes and others that did not have the required storage facilities.

“In the Western North Region, for instance, where we are the sole distributor of child vaccines, the previous challenges of delay in the transport of medications, unavailability of storage systems for vaccines and administrative bottlenecks no longer pose a threat to healthcare delivery since we rolled this partnership. This outcome has contributed to reduction in childhood morbidity, and kept more children alive,” he said.