… Parliament also mandated its Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs to work with the Africa CDC, the African Medicines Agency and other stakeholders to draft the continental Model Law on Traditional Medicine. …
… The resolution further urged countries to accelerate the ratification and implementation of the Treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency and the AU Model Law on Medical Products Regulation. …
… The committee also called for accelerated ratification and implementation of key continental health instruments, including the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection and the Treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency. …
… To this end, he said the pharmaceutical manufacturing plan for the continent through the African Medicines Agency was moving from treaty commitments to practical implementation that would strengthen pharmaceutical regulation across the continent. …
… He also announced that the African Medicines Agency is transitioning from treaty status into a fully operational institution, while a continental strategy for pharmaceutical ingredients and joint procurement is expected to boost local manufacturers. …
… li.” President Mahama announced that plans to establish a pharmaceutical manufacturing industry for Africa are making significant progress. “The pharmaceutical manufacturing plant for Africa is no longer a mere scribble on paper,” he said, adding that the African Medicines Agency …
… non-negotiable pillar of health security planning, on research and industry partners to develop and manufacture more diagnostics built for primary health care settings rather than tools that depend on lab infrastructure most clinics don’t have, and on the African Medicines Agency …
… rican Union Member States, with the coordination of the African Union Commission, are advancing domestic health financing, strengthening local manufacturing of vaccines and health products, and enhancing regulatory systems through institutions such as the African Medicines Agency …
… rican Union Member States, with the coordination of the African Union Commission, are advancing domestic health financing, strengthening local manufacturing of vaccines and health products, and enhancing regulatory systems through institutions such as the African Medicines Agency …
The Pan-African Parliament has adopted resolutions championed by Frank Annoh-Dompreh calling for African governments to establish legal and regulatory frameworks for traditional medicine integration into national healthcare systems, including development of a continental 'Model Law on Traditional Medicine and the Protection of Local Knowledge' to guide research, licensing, quality assurance and ethical use of indigenous medicines.
The Pan-African Parliament has adopted resolutions championed by Frank Annoh-Dompreh calling for African governments to establish legal and regulatory frameworks for traditional medicine integration into national healthcare systems, including development of a continental 'Model Law on Traditional Medicine and the Protection of Local Knowledge' to guide research, licensing, quality assurance and ethical use of indigenous medicines.
The Pan-African Parliament adopted a resolution challenging African governments to honour the Abuja Declaration of 2001, which requires allocating at least 15% of annual national budgets to health. The Parliament warned that weak funding continues to expose the continent to public health threats and called on member states to establish contingency funds and strengthen legal frameworks for health emergency response.
The Pan-African Parliament has called on African Union member states to adopt continental health frameworks into national law to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response, citing gaps in health systems and legal structures exposed by HIV, Ebola, COVID-19, mpox, Marburg and cholera outbreaks.
Heads of State and Government, health ministers, and development partners met in Accra to advance Africa's health agenda, with a focus on ending AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030, reducing maternal mortality, and boosting local pharmaceutical manufacturing. Delegates are expected to adopt a fully-costed continental roadmap and declarations on monitoring non-communicable and neglected tropical diseases.
President Mahama told African leaders at an AU health summit in Accra that the continent imports around 70% of its medicines, more than 90% of its medical devices, and over 99% of its vaccines, and called for accelerated domestic production to reduce vulnerability during health crises and create jobs for youth.
At the African Union's first Extraordinary Summit on health in Accra, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that declining international funding threatens Africa's progress against HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases, urging African leaders to prioritise health sovereignty and increase domestic investment in healthcare systems.
A PATH and Impact Global Health report finds that half of approved diagnostics for six priority epidemic diseases (mpox, dengue, cholera, bacterial meningitis, malaria, and Ebola) require laboratory infrastructure most African primary health facilities lack, with the figure rising to 88% for Ebola. Since 2015, funding for developing tests for these diseases has fallen by more than half.
Vaccines have saved millions of lives and protected generations across Africa, yet in 2024, 6.7 million children received no doses of DTP vaccine—91,000 more than in 2023. The article argues that persistent gaps in access, equity, financing, and trust must be urgently addressed to ensure vaccines reach everyone.
African Union, regional leaders, and partners acknowledge that while Africa prevented over 1.64 billion malaria cases and saved 12.4 million lives since 2000, the trend has reversed: in 2024 alone, the continent recorded 270.8 million cases and nearly 600,000 deaths, with 75 percent of deaths among children under five, putting Africa off track to meet 2030 elimination targets.
Across Africa, vaccines have protected generations and prevented diseases like cervical cancer and malaria, yet 6.7 million children in Africa in 2024 were "zero-dose" and did not receive even a single dose of the DTP vaccine, reflecting persistent gaps in access, equity, financing, and trust.