Replication package for 'Wings of Access': cluster RCT of drone-based medical commodity delivery in remote Madagascar (BMJ Global Health R1, bmjgh-2025-021965).
# Wings of Access — Madagascar Drone Cluster RCT Replication Package
## Repository layout
```
madagascar-drone-replication/
├── data/
│ └── [public-use data files required by the replication scripts]
├── code/
│ ├── drone_med_public_table1_replication.py
│ └── drone_med_public_table2_replication.py
└── output/
└── [replicated Table 1 and Table 2 outputs]
```
## How to run
### 1. Place the data files.
Download the required public-use datasets and place them in the data/ folder.
### 2. Install the required Python packages.
pip install pandas numpy statsmodels scipy
### 3. Replicate Table 1.
python code/drone_med_public_table1_replication.py \
--data-dir data \
--output-dir output
### 4. Replicate Table 2.
python code/drone_med_public_table2_replication.py \
--data-dir data \
--output-dir output
The replicated table outputs are written to the output/ folder.
## Replication scripts
drone_med_public_table1_replication.py reproduces Table 1 using the public-use data.
drone_med_public_table2_replication.py reproduces the Table 2 ANCOVA and difference-in-differences estimates using the public-use data.
No original or restricted-access data are required to run these replication scripts.