WTO Lists Nigeria And South Africa As Vaccine Hubs

Nigeria and three other African countries have been listed by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as vaccine production hubs.

Gatekeepers News reports that WTO Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala revealed this on Monday.

She said Africa is working with the European Union (EU) and other partners to assist in building regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in the four African countries.

“We have now seen that over-centralization of vaccine production capacity is incompatible with equitable access in a crisis situation,” Okonjo-Iweala said during a virtual meeting.

“Regional production hubs, in tandem with open supply chains, offer a more promising path to preparedness for the future health crisis.”