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Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones by ChelseaArmy(m): 8:27am On Feb 04, 2021 |
Kaduna State Government and Zipline, on Wednesday,
signed a partnership with the world’s first medical drone
delivery service, to convey routine and emergency medicine
to every nook and cranny of the state.
In a statement issued at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House after the
groundbreaking ceremony, said that ‘’the revolutionary new
service will use drones to make on-demand deliveries of
hundreds of different vaccines, blood products, and life-
saving medications.
‘’ The service will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, from three distribution centers—each equipped with
30 drones—and deliver to more than 1,000 health facilities
serving millions of people across Kaduna State.
‘’Together, all three distribution centers will be capable of
micro-targeting the delivery of more than six tons of
medical products each week over more than 60,000 square
kilometres, ‘’ the statement clarified.
The statement noted that the ‘’revolutionary new service,
which is expected to launch operations in the second
quarter of 2021, is part of the government of Kaduna state’s
bold vision of using drone delivery to establish universal,
seven-days-a-week access to lifesaving and critical
medicines for most of its more than eight million citizens
over the coming years.’’
‘’In addition to expanding access to routine and emergency
medical deliveries, the new drone delivery service will also
expand access to the COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for
rural and hard to reach populations.
‘’Zipline has built an end-to-end, cold chain distribution
capability that allows it to safely deliver frozen and ultra-low
COVID-19 vaccines and medical products’’, the statement
further said.
According to the statement, ‘’this will allow health facilities
in Kaduna state to bypass the need for ultra-low freezers—
which are required to transport, store and distribute the
Pfizer vaccine—by receiving on-demand deliveries of the
precise amount of COVID-19 vaccines they require at any
time, safely and compliantly within the required temperature
profile.’’
The statement also quoted Governor Nasir El Rufai as
promising that “Kaduna State is focused on delivering one
of the best public healthcare systems in Nigeria.’’
El-Rufai further said that “the state has upgraded 255
primary health centres, one in each political ward, to
improve access to health care services. It is also
implementing a supply chain transformation programme in
the health sector, including the installation of a Pharma-
grade warehouse, to efficiently service the needs of
hospitals for medicines, consumables and vaccines. ‘’
According to the governor, ‘’our primary health board is
recruiting and training 3000 officers to manage these
systems and ensure that health facilities do not experience
stock outs.’’
El-Rufai noted that “while we celebrate our successes, we
must also recognize that we have much more work to do to
create universal access to critical healthcare for all.”
“The agreement with Zipline builds on and adds value to our
initiatives to strengthen the capacity of the Kaduna State
health system,’’ he said, adding that ‘’this new emergency
drone delivery service is a great solution to deliver vaccines,
blood and other lifesaving products instantly when time is of
essence. It will help ensure that millions of people in
Kaduna State will always get the care they need.”
The Chief Executive Officer of Zipline, Keller Rinaudo
argued that ‘’where you live shouldn’t determine whether or
not you have access to the medicine you need.’’
”That’s why I’m so proud of our partnership with Kaduna
State. Our work together will help transform the quality of
care for millions and help make Nigeria a world leader in
using technology to expand universal healthcare access,’’ he
added.https://leadership.ng/kaduna-govt-to-deliver-medicines-with-drones/
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Re: Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones by ChelseaArmy(m): 8:27am On Feb 04, 2021 |
Good one! Kudos to Mallam El rufai the world best governor |
Re: Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones by Emptoluwani: 8:30am On Feb 04, 2021 |
ok their achievement their problem |
Re: Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones by Rugaria: 8:39am On Feb 04, 2021 |
They should have deployed bombs on fulani herdsmen in their camps with drones too.. |
Re: Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones by YoonSung84: 8:44am On Feb 04, 2021 |
Lolz ok |
Re: Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones by springer: 8:50am On Feb 04, 2021 |
I hope the Yoruba Kings and Political leaders realise that Northern Region has started importing amunitions in preparation for the red liquid distingration. I see the spray and splashes of red liquid everywhere sweeping innocent blood, Yoruba Kings and Political leaders. Remember that PMB already disarmed the Southerners. Whether the corrupt yoruba political and traditional leaders want it or not, it will aurely happen lojiji. Ogun awi tele kii pa aro to ba gbon. Then Yorubians will understand that life of the Yorubians are nore important than what Igboho says to Ooni. THE DRONES ARE DROPPING WAR AMUNITIONS. Yoruba leaders speaking grammar. Gbaja & Elrufai speaking trash. 1 Like |
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