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Benefit of using drones in third world countries?


Photo: Matternet
There is one thing to have your shopping delivered, but drones and the use of drone pilots are becoming a must have in developing countries.

According to recent reports in May, when Doctors Without Borders set up their Tuberculosis diagnosis station in Papua New Guinea, their first step was to contact Matternet, a drone company.

Speaking to reporters, the CEO of Matternet, Andreas Raptopoulos said: ‘ They [Doctors Without Borders] called and said it was impossible to do this [mission] in a traditional way, because the roads are very bad, where they exist and in the rainy season it is completely blocked. They estimated that as many as 10,000 patients needed to be diagnosed, the majority living rurally.’

Photo: Matternet
But Papua New Guinea is not the only country to experience the benefits of drones.

As well as dispersing medicine, drones can also be used for search and rescue in developing country, emergency mapping, figuring out population movements and mapping out damaged homes, according to reports.

Footage of this will also come at a cheaper cost than using satellite and helicopters and the resolution will be higher, allowing the relevant experts to carry out their mission adequately.

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