Drone aircraft are now being used to transport blood, medicine and supplies in southern Africa. Zipline International recently began flying its drones to remote medical centers across Rwanda. The Rwandan government signed a deal to cooperate with the company Zipline. Zipline is based in the United States. The American shipping company United Parcel Service is providing money and operational support for the project. Another partner is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The organization, launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, provides vaccines to the world’s poorest countries. Rwandan officials say that deliveries of blood and medicine by truck take at least four hours, even under the best conditions. With drones, the trip can be completed in as little as 15 minutes. The World Health Organization (WHO) says Africa has the world’s highest rate of pregnancy deaths resulting from bleeding. This makes the availability of blood and transfusions very important for women across the continent, it says.
Title: Drones Helping to Save Lives in Rwanda and Madagascar
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1462/African_Drones.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Drones Helping to Save Lives in Rwanda and Madagascar' data-article-id='1967'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10104'>Drone aircraft are now being used to transport blood, medicine and supplies in southern Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='10104' data-end-time='19854'>Zipline International recently began flying its drones to remote medical centers across Rwanda.</span> <span data-start-time='19854' data-end-time='27083'>The Rwandan government signed a deal to cooperate with the company Zipline.</span> <span data-start-time='27083' data-end-time='32146'>Zipline is based in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='32146' data-end-time='42625'>The American shipping company United Parcel Service is providing money and operational support for the project.</span> <span data-start-time='42625' data-end-time='47833'>Another partner is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.</span> <span data-start-time='47833' data-end-time='58708'>The organization, launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, provides vaccines to the world’s poorest countries.</span> <span data-start-time='58708' data-end-time='70771'>Rwandan officials say that deliveries of blood and medicine by truck take at least four hours, even under the best conditions.</span> <span data-start-time='70771' data-end-time='77958'>With drones, the trip can be completed in as little as 15 minutes.</span> <span data-start-time='77958' data-end-time='88354'>The World Health Organization (WHO) says Africa has the world’s highest rate of pregnancy deaths resulting from bleeding.</span> <span data-start-time='88354' data-end-time='97979'>This makes the availability of blood and transfusions very important for women across the continent, it says.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1462/African_Drones.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question 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