Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health and Prevention, Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj Al -Din, said that Africa needs to provide vaccines, pointing out that the African continent makes 1% of vaccines while there are only 10 African countries that are able to provide vaccines to their people.
P> This came during the activities of the first day of the second forum for the manufacture of vaccine and medical preparations in Africa, which is organizing the unified purchase body in cooperation with the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Global Opposition Alliance (GAVI) and the regional cooperation project for vaccine manufacturing. & nbsp; He added that we need to provide 1.5 million vaccine doses in Africa, noting that 35 meetings were held with the African Union on supporting and promoting vaccines, adding that the Egyptian state supports the power of manufacturing vaccine locally.
For his part, the head of the purchase authority said Unified Dr. Hisham State, this forum is a strategic platform to enhance African health security, where the forum aims to enhance cooperation between the main concerned authorities to develop an integrated strategic vision to develop regional manufacturing for basic medical products in Africa, which contributes to building a sustainable manufacturing system that guarantees health security for the continent and enhances its independence Productivity. From the vaccines by 2030, confirming that Egypt provides 5.5 % of medicines and medical supplies for Africa. In sustainable, it is able to meet the needs of the continent and enhance its economic growth, noting that this event comes at a time when fundamental transformations in the scene of the manufacture of vaccine and health products, which confirms the importance of joint work to accelerate the construction of a strong and sustainable manufacturing system, guaranteeing the health independence of Africa.
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In turn, the head of the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Authority, Dr. Ali Al -Ghamrawi, affirmed that Egypt supports the strengthening of the vaccine industry in Africa, noting that the Korona’s pandem 7 million people. And the population, Dr. Amr Qandil, that Egypt provides approximately 70 million doses of vaccines annually, indicating that Egypt recently managed to achieve the requirements for combating virus B, and that Egypt is one of 6 countries that exchange the techniques of the vaccine industry.
That all children coming to Egypt were covered with the required vaccines, noting that the national vaccination program achieved coverage rates exceeding 95%. An important task towards promoting health, pointing out that the African continent has witnessed 13 shares during the past years, including cholera, measles and other diseases, and that the spread of some diseases reached 40% compared to the past years.
He said that there is an important need to manufacture vaccine locally Noting that Africa has challenges in the lack of financing for supporting the health sector and that it spends 181 billion dollars on health services, pointing out that the black market in the African health sector will reach the size of its trade in 2040 to 260 billion dollars, and that we have 500 medical factories in Africa 25 % of them are made of vaccines. To secure health care systems. And discuss the gaps and challenges facing the achievement of the aspirations of the African Union in the local production of vaccines, review the strategic vision and the work plan to support the manufacture of basic diagnostic and treatment products in Africa and the enhancement of partnerships through the request of contributions and support from member states and partners to activate the African collective purchase mechanism and remove barriers that hinder the manufacture of medical products with itself Priority
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