Africa imports 95% of its drugs – AU

DOREEN NAWA
Lusaka
AFRICA imports over 95 percent of its medicines, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) director of human capital and institutional development Symerre GreyJohnson has said.
Speaking in an interview in Lusaka, Mr Johnson said Africa has only 43 companies that manufacture medicines.
Mr Johnson said 95 percent of all medicines used in Africa are imported and the continent accounts for just three percent of all medicine production globally…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home