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Rwanda / Healthcare

Medical Drone Delivery Network

Zipline's Rwanda operation delivers blood and medical supplies to 21+ hospitals across the country within 30 minutes. The system eliminated 67% of blood product waste and reduced delivery time from 4 hours to 15 minutes on average.

Impact: 89
Core Innovation

Autonomous drone network delivering blood, vaccines, and medications to remote health centers

Success Metrics

67% reduction in blood product waste

15-minute average delivery time

Coverage of 12M+ population

Case Study

Zipline's Rwanda operation delivers blood and medical supplies to 21+ hospitals across the country within 30 minutes. The system eliminated 67% of blood product waste and reduced delivery time from 4 hours to 15 minutes on average.

Required Inputs

Land

2 distribution centers

Capital

$20-35M

Regulatory

Drone airspace legislation, medical supply chain authorization

Details
Year Implemented2016
Population Served12.6M
OriginRwanda
Tags & Constraints

Tags

healthcaredroneslogisticsrural access

Constraints

ruralmountainous terrainlimited road network