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Making Africa a competitor in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry: Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (FAPMA) Dr Skhumbuzo Ngozwana The Parliamentary Roundtable Midrand, South Africa 25 – 26 March 2014. PMPA Vision.
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Making Africa a competitor in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry: Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (FAPMA) Dr Skhumbuzo NgozwanaThe Parliamentary Roundtable Midrand, South Africa 25 – 26 March 2014
PMPA Vision To develop a competitive and enduring integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Africa, able to respond to the continent’s need for a secure and reliable supply of quality, affordable, accessible, safe and efficacious medicines.
Future disease burden • 60 million people with hypertension by 2020 • 1 million cases of cancer annually • 18.6 million people with diabetes by 2020 • Other CVS, chronic respiratory diseases (COPD / asthma) and neuro-psychiatric conditions • NCD’s will have surpassed infectious diseases as the leading cause of death in Africa by 2030. Source: WHO, WHO AFRO, Frost & Sullivan analysis
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