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The autonomous aircraft have shuttled blood to rural, mountainous areas for years. A new analysis proves they\u2019re faster than driving.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Six years ago,<\/span> Rwanda had a blood delivery problem. More than 12 million people live in the small East African country, and like those in other nations, sometimes they get into car accidents. New mothers hemorrhage. Anemic children need urgent transfusions. You can\u2019t predict these emergencies. They just happen.<\/em> And when they do, the red stuff stored in Place A has to find its way to a patient in Place B\u2014fast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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