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The document describes a bicycle ambulance project run by Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia. The project provides bicycle ambulances to transport sick people to access healthcare when other transportation is unavailable or unaffordable. The ambulances were designed based on feedback from testing four prototypes with home-based care groups. The ambulances include a removable stretcher, canopy, and handle for pulling manually or with a bicycle to transport clients laying down or sitting depending on their condition.

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The document describes a bicycle ambulance project run by Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia. The project provides bicycle ambulances to transport sick people to access healthcare when other transportation is unavailable or unaffordable. The ambulances were designed based on feedback from testing four prototypes with home-based care groups. The ambulances include a removable stretcher, canopy, and handle for pulling manually or with a bicycle to transport clients laying down or sitting depending on their condition.

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Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia

PO Box 23150
Windhoek, Namibia
Unit 3, 1 Diehl St, Southern Industrial
Ph: +264 61 250 200 Fax: +264 61 225 006 Cell: +264 081 339 0710
Email: ambulance@benbikes.org.za
Web: www.benbikes.org.za/namibia
Section 21 company not for gain no. 21 2005 0019

Bicycle Ambulance Project


At BEN Namibia

The BEN Namibia Bicycle Ambulance


can help sick people access health care
when transportation is otherwise
inaccessible or unaffordable. The
ambulance has a removable stretcher
with an adjustable backrest, a sun/rain
canopy, and a handle for pulling
manually or with any bicycle.

These ambulances are often managed and


used by Home Based Care workers. Our
production ambulance is designed based
on information received from a five-
month prototyping process, in which four
ambulance prototype iterations were
tested by several Home Based Care
groups and an overnight-care centre near
a hospital. The Fourth Prototype, pictured
here, was delivered to Catholic Aids
Action Home Based Care volunteers at
the Oshikuku Office. The ambulance
delivery includes training in operation,
repair, and management.

The Bicycle Ambulance can transport a client laying down or


sitting, depending on the medical condition and comfort preference.

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