Botswana: From Hours to Minutes – Drones Speed Up Medical Deliveries to Save Mothers’ Lives in Remote Botswana

Maun, Botwana — In the remote village of Mababe, Botswana, getting results from a straightforward blood test is no simple matter.

First, samples must be collected by an ambulance headed for Maun, where there is a major hospital and lab services; then, the ambulance must cover 116 kilometres of rugged terrain traversed by elephants, hippos and other wildlife.

The trip can take three hours or more, and that’s when it can be made at all; during the rainy season, flooding shuts the route down…