Ghana to pre-qualify local companies to manufacture vaccines for African market

He also cited incentives available under the Gavi-supported Africa Vaccines Manufacturing Accelerator initiative, which aims to encourage vaccine production in Africa, particularly in areas requiring more complex manufacturing capabilities.

While the initial manufacturing programme will focus on vaccines that are already established, Dr Sodzi-Tettey said Ghana is also looking at research and development for diseases for which there are currently no established vaccines.

Dr Sodzi-Tettey said Ghana would initially focus on a product that does not receive such subsidies before moving into more complex vaccine manufacturing.