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Strengthening Africa's pharmaceutical industry: learning the lessons from COVID-19

« on: September 29, 2021, 07:00:54 AM »

Strengthening Africa's pharmaceutical industry: learning the lessons from COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted Africa´s vulnerability due to its reliance on imports for most vaccines, medicines and other health product needs. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) estimates that Africa imports about 94% of its pharmaceuticaland medicinal needs from outside the continent at an annual cost of US$16bn.
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