Medical drones to the rescue!

Based in Singapore and set up by its three co-founders, Yonah aims to overcome access barriers to healthcare in rural regions through autonomous drone technologies.

The team is currently working towards building an operationally-ready drone infrastructures to deliver time-sensitive medical supplies to over two dozen remote sites.

As a technology partner to Yonah, Bosch assists Yonah by providing on-going consultation and trainings by Bosch technological experts as well as delivering products and solutions for the project.

As time sensitive medical supplies such as vaccines are not able to last for long outside of refrigeration, these supplies end up being unused as they are no longer viable. Utilising autonomous drones to distribute vaccines can be the answer to ensure timely and safe delivery into remote areas where the need of medical supplies are crucial, especially during outbreaks.

The durability and reliability of Bosch tools enables the team to work from anywhere at anytime - even under harsh environmental conditions. This was shown during the team’s first trial flights in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Yonah aims to solve cargo logistics problems in rural and remote areas where the terrain is challenging and there is a lack of proper infrastructure. The team builds a medical cargo drone infrastructure to empower isolated communities and improve accessibility to basic healthcare.

Yonah brings together engineering and computing students who are driven with the intention of making a difference in the world.