{"id":235,"date":"2016-10-14T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T23:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2018-10-02T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T20:19:05","slug":"unicef-used-uav-created-by-matternet-to-help-children-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/2016\/10\/14\/unicef-used-uav-created-by-matternet-to-help-children-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF used UAV created by &#8220;Matternet&#8221; to help children in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/media\/media_90462.html\" target=\"_blank\">Malawi tests first unmanned aerial vehicle flights for HIV early infant diagnosis<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/media\/media_90462.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unicef_drone_l.jpg\" alt=\"unicef_drone_l\" width=\"850\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unicef_drone_l.jpg 850w, https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unicef_drone_l-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unicef_drone_l-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>LILONGWE, Malawi 14 March 2016 &#8211; The Government of Malawi and UNICEF have started testing the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) to explore cost effective ways of reducing waiting times for HIV testing of infants. The test, which is using simulated samples, will have the potential to cut waiting times dramatically, and if successful, will be integrated into the health system alongside others mechanisms such as road transport and SMS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/media\/media_90462.html\" target=\"_blank\">Malawi tests first unmanned aerial vehicle flights for HIV early infant diagnosis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi tests first unmanned aerial vehicle flights for HIV early infant diagnosis LILONGWE, Malawi 14 March 2016 &#8211; The Government of Malawi and UNICEF have started testing the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) to explore cost effective ways of reducing waiting times for HIV testing of infants. The test, which is using &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/2016\/10\/14\/unicef-used-uav-created-by-matternet-to-help-children-in-africa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UNICEF used UAV created by &#8220;Matternet&#8221; to help children in Africa&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uavservice.ca\/uavs_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}