| 18-19
February, 2008
South
Africa hosts the Second Meeting of
the Technical Committee on Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing Plan for Africa, February
2008
Johannesburg,
South Africa —
The
Republic of South Africa hosted an
African Union (AU) event – the
Second Meeting of the Technical Committee
on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan
for Africa. The meeting was held in
Kopanong Conference Centre in Johannesburg
on February 18 – 19, 2008. This
was a follow-up meeting to the AU
Ministers of Health meeting held in
Abuja in January 2005 where the AU
Ministers of Health adopted a Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing Plan for Africa which
was developed in line with the recommendations
of the AU Heads of State and Government
during the July 2007 Summit in Accra,
Ghana.
The
main objective of the meeting was
to consider the outline of Phase II
of the Plan for the Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing Plan for Africa and
prepare to report to the AU Health
Ministers as was requested. Attendees
to the meeting were: Angola, Burundi,
Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Libya,
Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
and Uganda. In addition to these countries,
a number of organizations were also
represented at the meeting and these
included ECSA Health Community, Africa
Regional Intellectual Property Organisation
(ARIPO), UNIDO, WHO and World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO). Others
included ASPEN Pharmacare, Lexir Pty
Limited and the Medical Research Council
of South Africa. The Regional Director
of Partners in Population and Development,
Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO),
Dr. Jotham Musinguzi and the Programme
Officer, PPD ARO, Mr. Patrick Mugirwa
attended the meeting.
During
the meeting Dr. Jotham Musinguzi,
Regional Director, PPD ARO, took a
number of opportunities to make statements
about the need for south-south collaboration
on population and development issues
within Africa. The role of PPD as
an effective modality for South-South
cooperation was appreciated.
During
this meeting, a side meeting was held
with South Africa’s Minister
for Health, Dr. M. Tshabalala-Msimang.
Dr. Musinguzi briefed the Minister
on the work of PPD ARO. The Minister
and Dr. Musinguzi discussed the need
to re-invigorate RH, Population and
Development in the SADC Region through
a functional advocacy RH Network of
member countries.
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