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Africa must invest more in local manufacturing of low-cost generic medicines-Adesina

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January 29, 2018
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President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina

London, Jan. 29, 2018 (AltAfrika)-Malaria is bad for business. For this reason, Africa should invest in the local manufacturing of low-cost generic medicines to facilitate access to treatment for its people, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, told African Leaders in Addis Ababa on Sunday.

Adesina spoke at the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) work luncheon on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.

Malaria strains national economies and impoverishes households, Adesina said in his statement, adding that the economic impact of the tropical disease is estimated to cost Africa US $12 billion every year, impacting some nations’ gross domestic product by as much as 5-6%.

To facilitate access to treatment to as many people as possible on the continent, ownership by African pharmaceutical entrepreneurs of the local production of low-cost generic anti-malarial drugs is imperative, President Adesina said.

Available statistics has it that at least 79% of the drugs consumed on the continent are imported from India and China. The local manufacture of anti-malaria medicines would make them affordable to most Africans families.

“African entrepreneurs – especially those already active in the pharmaceutical industry – should be able to reduce this startling trade deficit by investing in local manufacturing of generic medicines,” Adesina said. “The size of Africa’s pharmaceutical market could grow from $30 billion in 2016 to $40 billion in 2020, given the large proportion of Africans buying malaria medicines and treatments.”

ALMA is a coalition of 49 African Heads of State and Government established in 2009 and working across country and regional borders to eliminate malaria by 2030. It was inspired by the African Union vision of an Africa free of malaria and guided by the World Health Organization’s Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030.

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