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Using Bicycles to Save Lives

01 Jan 2005

Posted In: Healthcare Logistics in Africa, Bridging Distances: Healthcare & Transport,

Many poor African countries are in the fight of their lives against HIV/AIDS and maternal and infant mortality. While experts agree that lack of affordable transport services is a key part of the problem, scalable and sustainable solutions have been elusive.

Aimée Gauthier, ITDP

Recent experience from ITDP’s Access Africa program and other projects shows that bicycles can play an important role in reaching health-related Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction targets.  Read the full story in Sustainable Transport #16.Vision Sisters, Working Sisters in Kenya use bicycles to care for the sick.