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How new tech can propel Africa to the forefront of healthcare 

People watch as a drone, of US company Zipline, takes-off from an operations center in Muhanda, Rwanda October 12, 2016, on its way to deliver blood supplies to remote hospitals. Picture taken October 12, 2016. REUTERS/James Akena - D1BEUHWYMGAB

One of the world's first drones carrying blood for transfusions lands near Kigali, Rwanda Image: REUTERS/James Akena

Patrice Matchaba
Head of Global Health and Corporate Responsibility, Novartis
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Zipline, a California-based robotics company, delivers blood by drone Image: REUTERS/James Akena
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