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The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday that six African countries including Egypt and Tunisia would receive the mRNA technology to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally.
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were approved for the mRNA local production by the WHO, at the European Union – African Union (EU-AU) summit in Brussels.
“The global mRNA technology transfer hub was established in 2021 to support manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries to produce their own vaccines. It ensures that they have all the necessary operating procedures and know-how to manufacture mRNA vaccines at scale and according to international standards”, a statement by the WHO read on Friday.
“No other event like the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that reliance on a few companies to supply global public goods is limiting, and dangerous. In the mid-to-long-term, the best way to address health emergencies and reach universal health coverage is to significantly increase the capacity of all regions to manufacture the health products they need, with equitable access as their primary endpoint”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his appreciation for the selection of Egypt to obtain the mRNA technology of vaccines and other important medical drugs to confront many incurable diseases.
