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Zipline, Medical Drone Delivery Pioneer to Headline HISA2020

Technology is transforming industries on a global scale, with the COVID-19 pandemic presenting an interesting opportunity for medical practitioners and policy-makers to test new ways in which technology — like Telemedicine, AI, Big Data, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Mobility — can facilitate sustainable healthcare systems of the future. An example of this is Zipline, an on-demand drone-delivery company that uses aviation technology to distribute medical supplies to healthcare workers in Africa and all over the world. The US-based company is currently valued at $1.2 Billion and is slated by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies of 2020. Zipline says that it is on a mission to provide every human on Earth with instant access to vital medical supplies — and it will do this by...