Government to increase investment in local vaccine production – CEO, National Vaccine Institute

Source: MyJoyOnline · 2026-11-10T12:33:32.000Z · Health

The government is expected to scale up investment in local vaccine production as Ghana seeks to strengthen its capacity to supply the African market, Chief Executive Officer of the National Vaccine Institute (NVI), Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, has said. He said Ghana and other West African countries were not well positioned to benefit from the continent’s growing vaccine procurement market, partly because so few manufacturers operate in the sub-region. Speaking at a regional meeting on the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism for West Africa in Accra on Tuesday, November 10, Dr Sodzi-Tettey said the engagement was intended to help African countries prepare for future pandemics by strengthening vaccine manufacturing and procurement systems. Dr Sodzi-Tettey said only 19 of the 108 manufacturers registered under the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism were from West Africa, representing about 17 per cent.

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