‘We need to collaborate! Let’s go far together.’ Under the leadership of the African Union, the African continent is working hard to expand its own vaccine production. At the same time, this requires strict state control and monitoring of locally produced vaccine lots. As for regulatory authorities and official control…
Context Vaccines remain the most effective tool for preventing infectious diseases and for improving global health. As only 1% of the vaccines needed in Africa are currently produced in Africa, the continent needs a robust vaccine industry. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has highlighted the need for supranational structures to…
Context The Ebola epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic have clearly demonstrated that timely access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and vaccines is vital to prevent and fight infectious diseases and protect public health. Many African countries, however, rely on imports of vaccines because national production capacity is insufficient and…
Short Description As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that essential services and operations continue to protect the lives of people with Tuberculosis (TB). The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to reverse much of the progress that has been made in reducing TB-related morbidity and…
Short Description Ensuring the availability, quality and integrity of medicinal products worldwide remains critical and challenging for healthcare systems today. Patient safety is at the core of high-quality healthcare. Sub-standard drugs/poor quality products have a negative impact on the safety and effectiveness of treatments as well as directly contributing to…
As part of the ORDER-HC project, a team of the RKI and COMAHS conducted a qualitative study in Sierra Leone between the end of 2021 and the end of 2022. The aim of the study was to identify and analyse strategies, measures and experiences of health care providers of maintaining…
At the end of the first phase of the GHPP-DQA project, alumni and trainers from all DQA trainings as well as project staff from BfArM, InphA and WHO met for a virtual alumni meeting. The central point was a review of the activities and achievements of the DQA project so…
After being welcomed warmly by the management and entire staff of the chemistry division, the DQA team was introduced to the structures, the statuses as well as the perspectives of the laboratories at MCAZ. With three laboratory sections, the authority is able to perform the quality control of both medicines…
In Rwanda, the incidence unexpectedly rose sharply again in June 2021 and reached a plateau of 700-950 new cases / day with a presumably high number of unreported cases. The main challenges in the country are the long distances that patients have to cover in rural regions in order to…