From drones to data: New innovations are supporting Africa's health systems

May 9, 2022

Patrick Kalonde, one of the drone pilots, speaks into a microphone as he briefs the community about the malaria project while his colleague Kennedy Zembere holds a drone in the Kasungu district in Malawi. 30 May 2020.

The drones are programmed to monitor mosquito breeding grounds. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Handout via Kennedy Zembere for Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust

Kim Harrisberg

Water Rights Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Charles Pensulo

Writer, Reuters

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Stanley Ngwira sits on a bench inside his house in the Kasungu district in Malawi. April 20, 2022. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Charles Pensulo

Patrick Kalonde, one of the drones pilots, stands beneath the drone as it takes off in the Kasungu district in Malawi. May 30, 2020. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Handout via Kennedy Zembere for Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust

A SASAdoctor employee receives a call from a patient at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation / Handout via SASAdoctor

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