Australian air logistics and drone delivery specialist Swoop Aero has marked another milestone in its healthcare operations in Malawi by delivering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations requiring ultra-cold supply chain conditions.
The company has been involved in drone deliveries in Malawi since November 2019, and its success in handling Pfizer vaccines representing an additional level of sophistication in its network. Although those shots have been transported in similar medical transport structures elsewhere in Africa, respect of the ultra-cold requisites was a first in Malawi, one of the poorest and underserved nations on the planet.
As has increasingly been the case across the continent, use of UAVs in medical transport in Malawi has brought care to remote places and people who previously had limited or no access to it. In its nearly 2.5 years of healthcare drone deliveries in Malawi, Aero Swoop has operated over 4,500, including over 95,100 doses of antibiotics…
