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About us

We are a growing network of Centers of Excellence, linking research capacities with policy making and product development in the vaccines sector.

How We Achieve Outcomes

We work to enable a better understanding of how technological change occurs in the sector, to train researchers to empirically take stock of current capacities and markets, to identify gaps, to measure progress of implemented laws and policy frameworks, and to enact new incentives.

Our Mission

Generating new information on technology and other gaps in Africa’s vaccine production and innovation system.

Our Model

We work directly in African countries with public sector instutions, governmental agencies, policy makers and companies, engaging directly through data collection, workshops, training activities. We actively promote collaborative connections between all our different partners, building bridges for translational research and sharing of experiences, and promote venues for policy change.

Our Partners

We work to achieve impact through a range of partners who all form part of our growing centres of excellence network. Each of them bring a diverse set of expertise to the network.

Our partners

Sarchi-ID, Johannesburg

The South African Research Chair in Industrial Development is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and hosted at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The South African Research Chair in Industrial Development is a university-based research programme in the field of industrial development. Our main activities are research and capacity building (especially the training of graduate students).

EAC RCE–VIHSCM, Rwanda

The East African Community Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management

The East African Community Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management (EAC RCE–VIHSCM) is located in the University of Rwanda. It is one of the six EAC Regional Centres of Excellence for Skills and Tertiary Education in the Higher Medical and Health Sciences Education, Health Services and Research. 

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The Centre was established to contribute to the improved health of the people of the East African Community by building supply chain management capacity for EAC personnel and to act as a regional focal point for the introduction and dissemination of innovative and proven procedures in health supply chain management. The EAC RCE-VIHSCM has just launched the Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance in September 2023.

AVMI

African Vaccine Manufacturers Initiative

The AVMI is a group of interested Africans launched the Africa Vaccine Manufacturers Initiative. The AVMI aims to create, through partnerships, an environment on the African continent, which is conducive to the emergence, development and sustainability of vaccine and biological manufacturers that meet global quality standards. Link

NIPRD

National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development

The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) is a Nigerian institution charged with developing drugs, biological products, and pharmaceutical raw materials, conducting quality-assurance tests, research for locally manufactured medicines and constituting guidelines for their production. Founded in 1987, it was a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. In 2001, it was moved to Federal Ministry of Health.