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08
Apr
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2023-04-08 02:00:00
2023-04-08 02:00:00
3rd AMRH Week Summary Report
AMRH WEEK BACKGROUND
The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Initiative has over the last 13 years, been working to address challenges in the regulation of medical products in Africa by playing a critical role in ensuring increased access to good quality, safe and efficacious medical products. This has been addressed in mainly two ways; regulatory systems strengthening and regulatory harmonisation.
From the 5th to the 9th of December experts and stakeholders gathered the 3rd AMRH Week to unpack the ways to ensure that as the continent moves towards the African Medicines Agency (AMA), no one is left behind, partners are well coordinated, and technical capabilities are strengthened. Africa has an ambitious goal, of being able to produce its own vaccines by 2030, and the conversations at the 3rd AMRH week also centred on how to fast track this goal under the guidance of the AMRH and the Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) structures.
The AMRH Week is an event convened every two years by the AMRH Joint Secretariat, which comprises the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) with support from the African Union Commission (AUC). The ‘week’ brings together high-level African leaders and policy makers, members of AMRH Steering Committee (AMRH SC), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) the AMRH Technical Committees (AMRH TCs), the AMRH Partnership Platform (AMRH PP) as well other partners and stakeholders to showcase and celebrate the successes of AMRH as well as to reflect on progress, challenges and identify opportunities for continued improvement.
The 3rd AMRH Week took place more than two years into the pandemic, which persists and continues to pose a threat to the health and economic status of African countries. Issues such as inequitable access to vaccines are still rife as less than 25 percent of Africans are vaccinated against COVID-19. However, the pandemic has also presented opportunities for Africa. Specifically, the African Union and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have called for the development of a framework to enable Africa to manufacture 60 percent of the vaccines it needs locally by 2040. Achieving this milestone will ensure self-reliance in the face of public health emergencies and beyond. With the launch of AMA on 5th of November 2021, the 3rd AMRH Week was even more consequential.
The AMRH Initiative is coordinating the support of multiple partners to accelerate the operationalisation of AMA. The 3rd AMRH Week presented a critical opportunity to share experiences, good practices, and innovative responses to the pandemic by African NRAs. Additionally, it presented an avenue to launch two significant reports on Africa’s pharmaceutical development and progress. Specifically, the report on the analysis of the current state of development of the local pharmaceutical manufacturing and regulatory capabilities in Africa Union (AU) recognized Regional Economic Communities (RECs).
Ghana
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Africa/Johannesburg
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01
Feb
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2023-02-01 02:00:00
2023-02-03 02:00:00
2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa's Infrastructure Development
Senegal
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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01
Feb
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2023-02-01 02:00:00
2023-02-03 02:00:00
Agenda 2063 CoP User Training
Nigeria
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Africa/Johannesburg
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05
Dec
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2022-12-05 02:00:00
2022-12-09 02:00:00
Third AMRH Week
The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Week is an event convened every two years by the AMRH Joint Secretariat which comprises the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) with support from the African Union Commission (AUC). The ‘week’ brings together high-level African leaders and policy makers, members of AMRH Steering Committee (AMRH SC), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) the AMRH Technical Committees (AMRH TCs), the AMRH Partnership Platform (AMRH PP) as well other partners and stakeholders to showcase and celebrate the successes of AMRH as well as to reflect on progress, challenges and identify opportunities for continued improvement.
Ghana
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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31
Oct
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2022-10-31 02:00:00
2022-11-03 02:00:00
Genome Editing Dialogue
Kenya
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
public
19
Oct
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2022-10-19 02:00:00
2022-10-20 02:00:00
Strengthening Private Sector Engagement and Nutrition Coordination in Sub-Saharan Africa - for Better Nutrition
Kenya
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Africa/Johannesburg
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04
Oct
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2022-10-04 02:00:00
2022-10-05 02:00:00
Africa Kaizen Annual Conference: 2022
The African Union Development Agency - NEPAD, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of the Union of Tanzania will host the 2021 the Africa KAIZEN Annual Conference (AKAC). AKAC serves as a platform for stakeholders to expand their networks, share knowledge, and deepen their understanding of KAIZEN activities.
Theme; Streamlining and enhancing Kaizen/QPI endeavors with the aspirations and goals of transforming Africa’s economies particularly MSMEs.
Cameroon
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Africa/Johannesburg
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19
Sep
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2022-09-19 02:00:00
2022-09-19 02:00:00
Launch: Energize Africa Programme
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Africa/Johannesburg
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