«Lhe Covid-19 pandemic has shown better than any other event that relying on a handful of companies to deliver global public goods is restrictive and dangerous,” the Director General of theWHOTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia have been chosen by the UN World Health Agency to set up these vaccine production units to fight the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus but also other diseases in Africa.
The announcement was made during a ceremony organized by the European Council, France, South Africa and the WHO in the presence of Presidents Macron and Ramaphosa as well as the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. The ceremony marking the announcement of this event took place this Friday in Brussels, on the sidelines of a summit between the European Union and the African Union.
Note that among the six countries, South Africa has taken the lead. As proof, his center is already producing mRNA vaccines in the laboratory and is in the process of scaling up to commercial scale.
“In the medium and long term, the best way to deal with health emergencies and achieve universal health coverage is to significantly increase the capacity of all regions to produce the health products they need,” said the boss. of the WHO.
It should be remembered, however, that Morocco is not to be outdone since the Sovereign presided in January 2022, the ceremony to launch the construction works in Benslimane of a manufacturing plant for anti-Covid-19 vaccines and other vaccines.
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