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Ghana startup deploys tricycle ambulances to reach 230,000 rural people

By Big Man·4 hours ago·05:46 GMT·1 min read

A Ghana startup is deploying tricycle ambulances to reach 230,000 rural people. This innovative approach aims to improve healthcare access in remote areas.

Ghanaian startup deploys tricycle ambulances to improve healthcare access in rural areas.

Ghana startup deploys tricycle ambulances...

The initiative aims to provide critical medical transport for 230,000 rural Ghanaians.

...to reach 230,000 rural people.

Local innovation by a Ghanaian startup addresses specific community health needs effectively.

Ghana startup deploys tricycle ambulances...

Tricycle ambulances are saving lives in rural Ghana where normal ones can't reach MIT-founded nonprofit Moving Health has deployed 31 tricycle ambulances across five districts in rural Ghana, reaching over 230,000 people with no access to the National Ambulance Service. Each vehicle costs around $7,000, carries a stretcher, oxygen and emergency birthing kits — and is proudly made in Ghana. In 2020, only 55 ambulances served the entire country.

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