WHO Committee for Africa focuses on medicine production

Brazzaville, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The 74th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa is analyzing on Thursday the framework for strengthening local production of medicines, vaccines, and other health technologies.

August 29, 2024
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The four-day meeting started last Monday in the Congolese capital with a closed-door session where regional health ministers discussed the poliovirus variant affecting the continent.

Following the discussion, participants addressed prospects for medicine production in Africa from 2025 to 2035.

Jean Kanseya, Director-General of the African Union’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC), announced on Wednesday that the Mpox vaccine would soon be produced locally, while Angola’s Health Minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, advocated the creation of an African industry in this field.

The meeting’s agenda also dealt with building sustainable and climate-resilient health systems from 2025 through 2035, and implementing WHO’s global strategy for health security.

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