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GMJ News > GMJ Briefs > Key Finding: Africa’s Regional Research Hubs: Building Local Capacity for Drug Manufacturing and Health Innovation

Key Finding: Africa’s Regional Research Hubs: Building Local Capacity for Drug Manufacturing and Health Innovation

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Last updated: 23/08/2026 23:29
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Africa needs strategically distributed regional research and development hubs to accelerate local pharmaceutical manufacturing, reduce medicine costs, and build continental health security, according to a new Nature Medicine analysis. — Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels (Pexels License)
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54 African nations, yet pharmaceutical manufacturing concentrated in a handful—creating dependence on imported medicines. Regional R&D hubs could change that. Read how in Nature Medicine.

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Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.

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