African Union holds global conference to accelerate African vaccine development and manufacturing capacity
The meeting was attended by several African heads of state, health, finance and trade ministers from across the continent
African leaders assembled at a global meeting to discuss the status of local pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent, underscored the need to increase local production of vaccines and therapeutics to achieve greater public-health security. “The production of vaccines and access to vaccines is an absolute priority,” Cyril Ramaphosa, President of…