Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles For Diagnosing TB
613 views · Published 18 November 2014 · 1:41 · Indexed 9 October 2026
Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) decided to try using unmanned aerial vehicles to gather sputum tests for patients suspected of having TB in a remote area of Papua New Guinea. The tests were then flown back to the hospital where they were tested in a lab. This could be a new, revolutionary model for diagnostics that MSF repeats in other remote areas where roads and waterways are not feasible for travel.
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