Producing maternal health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa ...
Understanding the landscape to expand, strengthen, and diversify African-based manufacturing
Poor-quality medical products are all too common in Africa, where substandard and falsified medicines kill nearly 500,000 people each year, according to the United Nations. The continent also has the highest prevalence of poor-quality medicines among low- and middle-income countries at 18.7 percent.
In Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the national regulating authority for medical products, is prioritizing local production of medicines to ensure a safer supply of quality-assured medical products to protect patients and communities across the country and continent.
In 2022, more than 8,000 people in the Kyrgyz Republic developed tuberculosis (TB), including
Interest in innovative vaccines that use messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and viral vectored technologies was among the key draws at this year’s World Vaccine Congress (WVC) on April 3-6 in Washington, D.C.
USP has launched the newest tool in our suite of solutions to address the evolving nitrosamines crisis: the Nitrosamines Analytical Hub, a public, web-based repository of downloadable analytical procedures to test for nitrosamine impurities and related substances in pharmaceuticals.
Manufacturing products locally for more equitable pandemic responses
How to secure upstream pharmaceutical supply chain risks with data and advanced technologies to increase access to quality medical products for patients