Drones to deliver vaccines in Vanuatu in world-first trial

Drones will take delicate drugs to dozens of remote villages in test that could be replicated around the world

Drones carrying precious vaccines will soon be taking to the skies over Vanuatu, in a world-first trial that has the potential to revolutionise healthcare for isolated islanders in the Pacific.

The Vanuatuan government has signed contracts with two commercial drone companies and asked them to deliver temperature-sensitive vaccines to 39 remote villages that health workers often take days to access by car, boat or on foot.

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