Africa CDC chief underlines local manufacturing of drugs


LILONGWE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Director General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya has urged African countries to invest in local manufacturing of drugs and reduce dependence on others outside the continent.

While addressing the opening of the 52nd Board Meeting of the Global Fund Tuesday in Lilongwe, Malawian capital, Kaseya described local manufacturing as the "second independence of Africa."

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