live vaccines :: Article Creator How Can Drones Deliver Life-Saving Vaccines In The Philippines? The M300 Cargo Drone, which was used to deliver vaccines in the Philippines. Heidi Sampang Drone operators, led by a doctor, are expanding the use of drones to delivering vaccines in the Philippines. Over 60 million people in the Philippines live in rural areas, with many having limited access to vaccines. Heidi Sampang, a medical doctor, managing director of Philippines Flying Labs and country program manager for Remote Area Medical, says the team delivered medicines and COVID-19 vaccines in two areas: an inter-island delivery in the province of Tawi-Tawi; and the mountainous terrain of Agusan Del Sur in Mindinao. "We were successful in showing that using drones is an efficient, accurate, and safe way of service delivery in these islands and mountain communities at a five kilometer distance," she says, adding that they are...