“As I stated in Marburg, the Pan-African Vaccine Manufacturing Project suits flawlessly with Ghana's roadmap for home vaccine improvement and production. Ghana is prepared to play her role, and I reaffirm, as soon as again, her dedication to making the Project paintings successfully, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stated on the groundbreaking rite for the graduation of production of a vaccine production plant in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday, twenty-third June 2022.
Expressing his gratitude to President Paul Kagame for the invitation to take part withinside the event, President Akufo-Addo indicated that the graduation of production “alerts to the relaxation of the sector the graduation of this cease-to-cease vaccine production facility, regarding Rwanda, Senegal and my personal u. s . of Ghana.”
In his remarks, the President indicated that the import of the Pan-African Project way that Ghana, Senegal and Rwanda have to paintings collectively, the cause why the connection between the Food and Drugs Authorities (FDA) of Ghana and Rwanda is being deepened with the signing of a brand new Memorandum of Understanding on Friday, twenty-fourth June.
“Through this, FDA Ghana, which finished WHO Global Benchmarking Maturity Level Three (3) in 2020, and is running tough to gain Maturity Level Four (4) via way of means of the cease of this year, will help FDA Rwanda to achieve WHO Maturity Level Three (3) as quickly as possible. Both organizations will collaborate similarly in vaccine drug product production, fill, end and lot launch of their respective nations,” he stated.
President Akufo-Addo continued, “Again, collaboration among our nations resulted currently in a group from Rwanda touring studies establishments in Ghana, to strengthen institutional improvement and partnership toward vaccine discovery and advancement”.
In addition, the President discovered that Ghana's studies establishments are present process capacity-constructing to be prepared for the invention and improvement of vaccines and different biologicals, mentioning that “a consortium of Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies, led via way of means of DEKS Vaccines Ltd., is running intently with BioNTech Rwanda, BioNTech Germany and kENUP to fill, end and bundle the drug product in Ghana from the plant right here in Rwanda.”
He thanked BioNTech of Germany, kENUP Foundation, IFC, EIB and the opposite monetary establishments for running intently collectively with African nations to allow the continent to gain vaccine self-sufficiency.
“I guarantee everyone that Ghana is overjoyed to be a part of this Pan-African Project to fabricate mRNA COVID, Malaria and TB vaccines from drug substance thru drug product to fill, end and bundle,” the President added.
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