Africa Has Enough COVID Test Kits – Nkengasong 04/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has told Health Policy Watch that the continent is not in short supply of COVID-19 test kits. According to him, every African country that is in need of the test supplies can get it if they want. An open letter […] Continue reading -> Thirty African Countries Now Back Africa Medicines Agency Treaty But Continent’s Economic Powers Still Hold Out 03/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some 21 countries have now ratified the African Medicines Agency treaty – well beyond the 15 ratifications reached in November 2021, which allowed the AMA treaty instrument to formally take effect. Egypt, Africa’s third most populous country, is the most recent state to have both ratified and deposited the treaty – marking a significant milestone […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Has Key Role as Continent Pushes Local Vaccine Production 07/12/2021 Kerry Cullinan The newly constituted African Medicines Agency (AMA) will be key in assisting the African Union (AU) to achieve its aim of producing 60% of vaccines on its own soil by 2040. This emerged at a two-day meeting of the Partnership for Africa Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) hosted by Rwanda this week. The PAVM was set up […] Continue reading -> The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Thirty African Countries Now Back Africa Medicines Agency Treaty But Continent’s Economic Powers Still Hold Out 03/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Some 21 countries have now ratified the African Medicines Agency treaty – well beyond the 15 ratifications reached in November 2021, which allowed the AMA treaty instrument to formally take effect. Egypt, Africa’s third most populous country, is the most recent state to have both ratified and deposited the treaty – marking a significant milestone […] Continue reading -> Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Has Key Role as Continent Pushes Local Vaccine Production 07/12/2021 Kerry Cullinan The newly constituted African Medicines Agency (AMA) will be key in assisting the African Union (AU) to achieve its aim of producing 60% of vaccines on its own soil by 2040. This emerged at a two-day meeting of the Partnership for Africa Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) hosted by Rwanda this week. The PAVM was set up […] Continue reading -> The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Developing Countries Pledge to Combat Diabetes and Obesity; China & Thailand Suggest Global Targets Are Too Ambitious 27/01/2022 Paul Adepoju In a long and winding discussion Thursday at The World Health Organization’s Executive Board, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pledged to redouble their efforts against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and obesity, which are having increasing impacts on health and well-being – in addition to infectious diseases that have been at the forefront of […] Continue reading -> ‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Has Key Role as Continent Pushes Local Vaccine Production 07/12/2021 Kerry Cullinan The newly constituted African Medicines Agency (AMA) will be key in assisting the African Union (AU) to achieve its aim of producing 60% of vaccines on its own soil by 2040. This emerged at a two-day meeting of the Partnership for Africa Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) hosted by Rwanda this week. The PAVM was set up […] Continue reading -> The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Vast Majority’ of Africans May Have Had Omicron; People Both Vaccinated & Infected Have the Best Immunity – IHME 27/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a severe lack of COVID test and serological data in Africa, most people on the continent have probably already been exposed to SARS-CoV2, said the director of the influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Thursday. And in light of that, and the fact that COVID vaccines do not prevent infection, but rather […] Continue reading -> Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Has Key Role as Continent Pushes Local Vaccine Production 07/12/2021 Kerry Cullinan The newly constituted African Medicines Agency (AMA) will be key in assisting the African Union (AU) to achieve its aim of producing 60% of vaccines on its own soil by 2040. This emerged at a two-day meeting of the Partnership for Africa Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) hosted by Rwanda this week. The PAVM was set up […] Continue reading -> The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Has Key Role as Continent Pushes Local Vaccine Production 07/12/2021 Kerry Cullinan The newly constituted African Medicines Agency (AMA) will be key in assisting the African Union (AU) to achieve its aim of producing 60% of vaccines on its own soil by 2040. This emerged at a two-day meeting of the Partnership for Africa Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) hosted by Rwanda this week. The PAVM was set up […] Continue reading -> The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Medicines Agency Has Key Role as Continent Pushes Local Vaccine Production 07/12/2021 Kerry Cullinan The newly constituted African Medicines Agency (AMA) will be key in assisting the African Union (AU) to achieve its aim of producing 60% of vaccines on its own soil by 2040. This emerged at a two-day meeting of the Partnership for Africa Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) hosted by Rwanda this week. The PAVM was set up […] Continue reading -> The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The African Medicines Agency Countdown 05/11/2021 Editorial team Thirty-nine of the African Union’s 55 member states have now signed and/or ratified the African Medicines Agency Treaty, as of 6 July 2024, with Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cape Verde amongst the latest to swing behind the treaty. As the countdown for other nations to sign continues, Health Policy Watch is tracking […] Continue reading -> Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Breaking: Majority of African Countries Have Now Signed African Medicines Agency Treaty, Enabling Better Access to Newer, Safer Medicines 05/11/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Signatories to the new African Medicines Agency Treaty have now reached 28 countries – more than half of the African Union’s 55 member states – with the balance tipping as Uganda signed the treaty instrument last week. On Friday, 5 November, after more than a decade of preparations, the African Medicine Agency (AMA) treaty […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Medicines Agency Will Come into Being on 5 November – after 15th African Country Ratifies & Deposits AMA Treaty 06/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africans are a step closer to speedier access to newer, safer medicines following this week’s notification by 15 African Union (AU) member countries that they have formally ratified and deposited their accord to create a new African Medicines Agency (AMA). Although the AU adopted the treaty to set up the AMA back in February 2019, […] Continue reading -> Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Six More African Countries Needed to Ratify Treaty Creating the First Continent-Wide Medicines Regulator 23/06/2021 Paul Adepoju Michel Sidibé, Special Envoy of the African Union and Minister of Health of Mali has high hopes that 15 African countries will have finally ratified the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty in time for the 35th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for early 2022. Fifteen is the magic number of countries that must ratify the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts