Africa’s flying pharmacies: The Continent is increasingly using medical drones to deliver life-saving drugs

But this narrative is gradually changing since the country adopted drones to deliver drugs under Zipline in 2019.

“Since the coming of Zipline, when we need some drugs, we chat with them, and they respond.

Since the introduction of drone technology, health delivery has improved greatly in the Monkra Community and other rural communities spread across the 16 regions of Ghana.

“Since the introduction of the drone in the Municipality, health delivery has improved

Other African countries, including Uganda, Senegal, Madagascar, Rwanda and Malawi, have also adopted drone technology to improve their health delivery system.

Kofi Kafui, A Technology Expert with Inovux Consult, said the drone health delivery system has made it easier to reach remote communities where access to healthcare was a challenge.

“The drone delivery system overcomes challenges including inaccessible roads and even overcomes flooding challenges.