Malaria: FG To Empower Local Manufacturers To Produce Drugs – N.M.E.P Coordinator - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
TheCoordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme, N.M.E.P, Audu Mohammedsays the Federal Government would empower local manufacturers to producemalaria drugs locally.
Headded that government would be doing this through the World HealthOrganisation, WHO’s pre-qualification progrmme.
TheCoordinator explained that the pre-qualification programme, set up in 2001, wasa service provided by WHO to facilitate access to medicines that met unifiedstandards of quality, safety and efficacy for HIV/AIDS, malaria andtuberculosis.
Headded that the programme had applied for Fund from three donors: World Bank,Islamic Development Bank and the Africa Development Bank, to supportmanufacturers and buy malaria live-saving commodities.
Henoted that World Bank has promised to give Nigeria about 200 million dollars,the Islamic Development Bank, 100 million dollars and African Development Banksixty-four million dollars.