When many people think of international development, their thoughts tend to land on traditional efforts like fundraising and community service rather than the power of cutting-edge technology, like drones. While advocacy and community service remain crucially important, drones can be a force for innovation in international development. Since the mid-2010s, they have been used in parts of Africa to deliver life-saving blood and medical supplies.
More recently, drone infrastructure built for blood delivery has been repurposed to battle COVID-19 with the delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) and vaccines. Deloitte explored these and other examples in the report Medicine from the Sky: Lessons from Drones in Africa, written in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. But the report highlights just a preview of possible international development uses for this technology. Below, we explore six innovative cases for drones in the international development context.
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