1.0South Africa Tribunehttps://southafricatribune.comweb deskhttps://southafricatribune.com/author/webdesk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1MP0k7zwm3"><a href="https://southafricatribune.com/world-health-summit-south-africa-calls-on-african-countries-to-produce-their-own-medicines-vaccines/">World Health Summit: South Africa calls on African countries to produce their own medicines, vaccines</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricatribune.com/world-health-summit-south-africa-calls-on-african-countries-to-produce-their-own-medicines-vaccines/embed/#?secret=1MP0k7zwm3" width="600" height="338" title="“World Health Summit: South Africa calls on African countries to produce their own medicines, vaccines” — South Africa Tribune" data-secret="1MP0k7zwm3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> BERLIN (Germany)— South Africa’s Deputy Health Minister, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called on world health leaders to assist Africa in ensuring it can produce its own pharmaceutical products. Citing the latest International Monetary Fund publication data, Dhlomo said Africa, with a population of about 1.3 billion, had 375 drug makers. Of these, most were in ... Read more