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In hard-to-reach areas, saving minutes can save lives during health emergencies. On-demand drone delivery can cut delivery times to under an hour, a stark improvement over traditional ground transportation methods.

Zipline began using autonomous drones to deliver blood on demand to rural hospitals in Rwanda in 2016. Today, drone delivery of blood products has reduced in-hospital maternal mortality from postpartum hemorrhage by 51% and blood expirations by 67% over a year (2). The strategy’s success led the government of Rwanda to restructure its national blood delivery system. Now, approximately 75% of the blood delivered in Rwanda, outside of Kigali, is delivered by drone.

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