Open AccessMedical Drone Delivery in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Sven Henry Kannenberg,
Danaa Ganbat,
Friedrich Ueberle,
Nomin Zorigt
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
embedded selforganising systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1869-5213
DOI - 10.14464/ess51226
Subject(s) - drone , developing country , medical care , field (mathematics) , business , airplane , population , marketing , economic growth , engineering , medicine , environmental health , economics , family medicine , genetics , biology , mathematics , aerospace engineering , pure mathematics
Developing countries often have difficulties in the field of medicine, and many of these problems do not relate to missing knowledge but on the transportation possibilities to bring patient, doctor and the necessary medical supplies together. In a research study for the country of Mongolia the advantages of a drone delivery system are shown and the unique challenges such as temperature, elevation and range are discussed to choose a suitable system design for countries with enormous size and low population. Airplane like drones with their wider distances seem to be the most promising solution to connect rural areas to the medical logistics network.