A two-and-a-half-year, randomized study found that systematic management of motorcycles used by health care workers to reach far-flung rural villages improved health ministry system performance in Zambia. Download the research briefing.

GPS trackers in Zambia monitored the frequency and distance of motorcycle trips from health clinics to communities, and were used to develop detailed maps of dirt paths.

In one of the least densely populated nations in Africa, Riders for Health maintains motorcycles to help health workers reach isolated populations.