{"id":14061,"date":"2022-02-07T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14061"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T09:40:44","slug":"africa-to-receive-3-billion-from-the-african-development-bank-to-boost-its-pharmaceutical-industry","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2022\/02\/07\/africa-to-receive-3-billion-from-the-african-development-bank-to-boost-its-pharmaceutical-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa to receive $3 billion from the African Development Bank to boost its pharmaceutical industry"},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nDr Akinwumi Adesina spoke during a press briefing held following a visit to the Pasteur Institute in Dakar.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n\u201cThe African Development Bank has decided to make available to Africa the sum of 3 billion dollars to strengthen the sector of the African pharmaceutical industry,\u201d he said.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n&#8220;Africa must have the capacity to manage everything related to Covid-19 by being able to do tests, to have access to vaccines, but also to be able to produce them on the spot&#8221;, continued Adesina, who has been visiting since. in Dakar.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe AfDB President expressed regret that Africa remains at the bottom of the scale when it comes to vaccine production.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n\u201cAfrica cannot always depend on a system that produces everything related to vaccines, tests,\u201d he argued, assuring that the import rate of pharmaceutical products for Africa is 80 to 95%.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \n&#8220;We should have the capacity to produce medicines to ensure the health of the population and not leave the health of 1.4 billion people to the generosity of others,&#8221; he said.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nAccording to Adesina, Africa must have technical capacities, raw materials, laboratories, but also support the pharmaceutical sector.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe AfDB President left Dakar on January 29 after a three-day visit.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nHe was received by President Macky Sall on January 28 and signed four partnership agreements with Senegalese Minister of Economy Amadou Hott.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nSource AfDB and Anadolu Agency\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":15,"featured_media":12145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[1179,1115,485,631,779,760],"location":[505],"class_list":["post-14061","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-african-development-bank-group","tag-actualite-2","tag-covid19-3","tag-financial","tag-health","tag-industry","location-africa"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3spnMIU","have_related_news":"done","chapo":"<p class=\"p2\">Live from Dakar, Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced $3 billion in funding to strengthen the pharmaceutical industry on the African continent.<\/p>","media":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/medicament-550x360.png","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/medicament-550x360.png 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"medicament","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.66,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/medicament.png","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/medicament.png 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"medicament","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.66,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - 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