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Rinaudo: Zipline delivers 20% of Rwanda's blood supply outside Kigali

Keller Rinaudo · a16z Podcast | A Society Under Construction - Modernizing Infrastructure · Jan 2, 2019 · at 3:01

Keller Rinaudo, CEO of Zipline, details the real-world operational scale of Zipline's autonomous medical delivery drones in Rwanda.

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“At this point, Zipline is delivering around 20% of the national blood supply of Rwanda outside of Kigali.”

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The claim, plainly

Zipline delivers approximately 20% of Rwanda's national blood supply outside of Kigali.

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Assessment

Official Zipline operational data and company reports from August 2017 through April 2018 confirm that Zipline delivered approximately 20% of Rwanda's national blood supply outside Kigali. This matches the criteria requiring confirmation via official Zipline operational data, published literature, or health sector metrics.

Official Zipline operational data and press releases from late August 2017 cited that its drones transported approximately 20% of the blood supply outside Kigali.
Zipline maintained in subsequent operational updates through April 2018 that it was delivering over 20% of Rwanda's national blood supply outside Kigali.

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[1] healthnews.ng [2] medium.com [3] forbes.com [4] forbes.com [5] almendron.com [6] reachalliance.org [7] ijirset.com [8] healthtechafrica.org

"Zipline" "blood supply" "20%" OR "20 percent" "Rwanda" 2017 OR 2018 Zipline delivers 20 percent Rwanda national blood supply outside Kigali Keller Rinaudo Zipline Rwanda blood supply 20 percent 2017 "Nisingizwe" "Zipline" "blood" Rwanda "Lancet" OR "medical" OR "health" Zipline Rwanda blood supply percentage outside Kigali 2017

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