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On Let's Talk about Health in Africa Lenias Hwenda takes an in-depth look at the state of public health in African countries through one-on-one conversations and roundtable discussions with leaders and change makers from various sectors of the economy that impacts the health of Africans. Leaders, change makers and ordinary people share their insights, analysis and perspectives to help you make sense of the issues affecting the governance of health in Africa, how they are being tackled, whether this is working and what is needed to close the gap between the status quo and meaningful transformation of the lives of Africans.
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28/10/2021

Implementing the new pharmaceutical pillar of the Mauritian economy

Public private sector collaboration to build a pharmaceutical industry in Mauritius

In conversation with Samer Kassem, the CEO of Aspen Global is leading private sector efforts to advise the government of Mauritius on steps to be taken to create a policy environment that can attract large investors and collaboration with academia to develop a cadre of skilled professionals that can drive pharmaceutical industrialisation in Mauritius. Africa is in desperate need for industrialisation in many sectors but nowhere is the need for manufacturing capacity on the continent is more keenly felt than in the healthcare sector. 

26/10/2021

The low hanging fruits of pharmaceutical manufacturing in Mauritius

What are the low hanging fruits of pharmaceutical manufacturing in Mauritius?

The government of Mauritius announced plans to support add a new pillar to its economy - pharmaceutical manufacturing. The government is working closely with its private sector to create the right environment to support production medical products in Mauritius. In this conversation, Samer Kassem, the CEO of Aspen Global, one of Africa´s largest pharmaceutical companies currently making Covid-19 vaccines for the continent is leading private sector efforts to support the government. The podcast explores the low hanging fruits that Mauritius has for contributing to the wider African Union goals.

19/10/2021

The African Medicines Agency will enable Africa to become more secure

The benefits of having an African Medicines Agency?

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the AstraZeneca´s vaccine which European companies were rejecting was donated on large quantities to the African continent through bilateral agreements and through the global mechanism Covax. This was the only vaccine that Covax could access in significant quantities on behalf of African countries which could not to buy vaccines themselves because of stock shortages. African countries could not issue a unified position on the situation with the AtraZeneca vaccine. The Africa Medicines Agency change this by enabling the continent the autonomy to make decisions about such matters.

14/10/2021

The African Medicines Agency is coming into effect within weeks

The African Medicines Agency has achieved ratification

Michel Sidibe has criss-crossed the African continent meeting with more than 16 heads of state to get them to sign up to the treaty to establish the African Medicines Agency. Michel Sidibe the African Union Special Envoy to the African Medicines Agency joined us on The HSS Podcast Episode 10, to discuss his take on the significance of having successfully ratified the AMA within moths and how he sees the second health agency of the African Union might evolve after coming into effect, the impact it will have on the production of pharmaceuticals, control of #counterfeited medical products and access to medicines by African people.

7/10/2021

Sothema has a great reputation that has grown during the pandemic

The companies manufacturing quality products with a global reputation 

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the demand for manufacturing capacity. More vaccines are needs that the world's vaccine manufacturers are capable of making. African companies like Sothema with a reputation for quality manufacturing on the Africa continent have found themselves filling the need for additional manufacturing capacity in a global context where manufacturing capacity is stretched. 
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