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Cold Chain Drone Delivery: Swoop Aero Delivers Ultra-Cold Pfizer Vaccines in Malawi_国际资讯(英文版)_行业资讯_国际无人系统网

Cold Chain Drone Delivery: Swoop Aero Delivers Ultra-Cold Pfizer Vaccines in Malawi

   2022-03-04 外网茄子37
核心提示:Australiandrone-basedlogisticscompanySwoopAerohassucceededintransportingcriticalPfizervaccinesinMalawi.Theairdeliveryoft

Australiandrone-basedlogisticscompanySwoopAerohassucceededintransportingcriticalPfizervaccinesinMalawi.Theairdeliveryofthevaccines,whichrequireultra-coldchainconditions,marksamilestoneforMalawi,aswellasforSwoopAeroandmedicalairdeliveriesingeneral,showcasingthepotentialthetechnologyhastosupportpublichealth.

Over17,280COVID-19vaccinedoseshavebeensuccessfullydeliveredacrosstheSoutherndistrictsofMalawisofar,withmanufacturerssuchasAstraZenecaandJohnsonandJohnsonmakinguseoftheexistingSwoopAerodronenetworktoquicklydistributecriticalvaccinestoremotecommunities.SwoopAerointendstodeliverthousandsmorevaccinesastheybecomeavailable.

“ThedeliveryofPfizerCOVID-19vaccinesunderscoresthenovelvalueofbi-directionaldronenetworksinMalawi,”saidSwoopAeroCEOEricPeck.“Theglobalsupplychainbottlenecksevidencedoverthepasttwoyearshavedemonstratedtheneedforagileandrobustsolutionsthatcomplementexistingmethodsoftransportationtoensurethevaccinesaredistributedtothoseinneedinatimelyandeffectivemanner.”

SwoopAerocontinuesitsongoingcollaborationwiththeMinistryofHealthandPopulation,alongsideVillageReachandwithfundingfromFocusingPhilanthropy,toincreasethescaleofthebi-directionaldronenetworktoanationalleveloverthecourseofthenextseveralmonths.Thisincreaseinscalewouldsignificantlyincreasetheavailabilityandaccessibilityofessentialhealthsuppliesfor700,000peopledirectly,and3millionpeopleindirectly.

TheSwoopAerodronenetworkhasmaintainedaroutineandon-demandbi-directionaldronenetworkforcommunitiescutofffromessentialhealthservicesasaresultoffloodingcausedbytherecentnaturaldisaster.ThiscontinuednetworkoperationhasallowedforreliableroutinevaccinationclinicsforCOVID-19aswellasotherpreventableandcommunicablediseases,suchasmalaria,TBandpolio,allofwhichhaveseenanincreaseasaresultofpoorwaterandsanitationconditions.

SwoopAerohashadsimilarsuccessinthepastutilizingtheirultracoldchaindronesolutionbytransportingtheEbolavaccineinDRCongo.Thistechnologyallowsfortherapiddistributionofroutineandemergencyhealthsupplies,pavingthewayforwardforuseinhigh,middleandlowresourcesettings.



 
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