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New Research Says Utilizing Drones to Deliver Childhood Vaccines Saves Lives, Improves Health Outcomes

  • 1.  New Research Says Utilizing Drones to Deliver Childhood Vaccines Saves Lives, Improves Health Outcomes

    Posted 02-28-2024 13:41

    BALTIMORE, MD, February 28, 2024 – Delivering childhood vaccines via drone could be a triple whammy – saving lives, saving money and improving health outcomes – according to new research in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science. The authors developed optimization models to strategically design a distribution network for drones to deliver vaccines. Their proposed approach was evaluated using real-world data from the Vanuatu region, where vaccine delivery by drones was tested in a UNICEF-sponsored project.

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