This conversation explores Africa´s plans for manufacturing vaccines in order to protect the health security of people on the continent. Patrick Tippoo, a veteran who has spent 30 years developing vaccines at Biovac in South Africa highlights the opportunity to  establish a viable vaccine production industry on the African continent, the challenges in realizing this ambition and shares some concrete actions that need to be taken to address existing challenges. Watch Full Podcast

The African continent is currently facing a devastating Covid-19 pandemic without vaccines and African countries and needs better answers to on how to secure the health of Africans in the future. Dr Alexandra Graham believes all the core ingredients for a viable manufacturing industry are there  and she articulates some concrete actions that could address the challenges and close the gap to enable sustainable vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing on the African continent. 
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