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Children in Mitengo, Lilongwe looking onto the drones for cholera activities being undertaken by UNICEF.

23 October 2018

Drones

Read more about how UNICEF is applying drone and UAV technologies.

Baby Joy given vaccine delivered by drone

19 December 2018

Small Drones, Big Leaps for Global Health

See the world's first-ever drone-delivered vaccine in Vanuatu

Joseph Hing and Rebecca Olul of Unicef demonstrated a drone to children on the island of Epi, part of Vanuatu. The drone will be used to deliver vaccines to remote areas.

18 December 2018

Vaccines Delivered by Drone in Vanuatu

An island nation starts a health experiment to reach the most remote.

drones laying on the ground

12 November 2018

Revolutionizing Healthcare for the Most Remote

Drones will take delicate drugs to dozens of remote villages in test that could be replicated around the world

Swoop Aero drone comes into land at Cook’s Bay, after taking off from Dillon’s Bay and flying 25 minutes over the mountainous terrain, to deliver vaccines to the registered nurse, Miriam Nampil, who is waiting to vaccinate 13 children.

25 October 2018

Commercial Contracts for Vaccine Delivery

International drone companies bring lifesaving vaccines to remote rural islands

Midwife Roslinda Narawayan, Vaimali Health Centre, Epi Island. Roslinda and her assistant on a 3 hour hike down the coastline to deliver vaccines for an MCH clinic at Ngala village.

Drones For Good: Participants in Vanuatu Drone Trials

Six candidates test the capabilities of their drones to deliver lifesaving vaccines

Swoop Aero Drone successfully completing its first scored flight as part of the Vanuatu Vaccine delivery by drone trials.

Vanuatu Launches the Pacific's First Drone Trial

Testing Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) to deliver lifesaving vaccines to remote, inaccessible communities

Susan Ryle Chargée d’Affaires, Australian High Commission in Vanuatu with Sheldon Yett UNICEF Pacific Representative, and Hon. Jack Norris Kalmet Minister of Health Vanuatu with representatives of the drone contractors, nurses Dominc Bule and Roslinda Takrawan and children of SMART sistas at the launch of the Vanuatu Drone trails for Vaccine delivery, Efate Island, Vanuatu.

Vanuatu: Technology for LIfesaving Vaccine Delivery

UNICEF working with the Government on Vanuatu to save lives in inaccessible remote islands