World Trade Organisation (WTO) said Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs with Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda.
Director-General WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday during a virtual meeting said “we have now seen that over-centralization of vaccine production capacity is incompatible with equitable access in a crisis situation.’’
“Regional production hubs, in tandem with open supply chains, offer a more promising path to preparedness for future health crisis.’’