Technology could ensure critical medicines reach Lake Victoria communities with country’s highest prevalence of HIV/Aids
As the bottles of medication are carefully loaded into the body of the drone, a small crowd gathers to watch on the other side of the yellow tape marking out the grassy landing strip.
With a gentle buzz the drone rises, a little uncertainly, into the sky, on its 1.5-metre wings. The precious cargo leaving Bufumira health centre III, in Uganda’s Kalangala district, is critical drugs for people living in some of the most far-flung communities in the region. Kalangala is made up of 84 islands in Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake, which Uganda shares with Tanzania and Kenya.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/04/gamechanger-uganda-launches-drone-delivering-hiv-drugs-to-remote-islands
No comments:
Post a Comment