Track 14 – Novel Supply Chain Technologies

Day 2 (November 29, 2018)

[Each talk should be of 20 minutes duration; last 15 minutes is for Q&A]

[T14.1] Stakeholder and community engagement are critical to the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for public health transport: a case study from Malawi (21)

Charles Matemba¹,*, Luciana Maxim¹, Thokozani Chimenya¹, Tamara Kumwenda¹, Carla Bauvelt¹, and Olivier Defawe2

¹VillageReach Malawi, ²Village Reach USA

[T14.2] Current status/global overview of the unmanned aircraft/UAS landscape for deliveries of health related commodities and for disease diagnosis and surveillance (30)

Sara de la Rosa,*, Interagency Supply Chain Group

[T14.3] Are drones a “leapfrogging” technology or an ill-advised investment? A case study of the potential for drone use in Sierra Leone (32)

James Houghton¹,*

¹Crown Agents Sierra Leone