{"id":29193,"date":"2023-08-03T23:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T04:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=29193"},"modified":"2023-08-03T12:47:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:47:59","slug":"guyana-rwanda-barbados-looking-at-procurement-mechanism-to-manufacture-vaccines-in-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/guyana-rwanda-barbados-looking-at-procurement-mechanism-to-manufacture-vaccines-in-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana\/Rwanda\/Barbados looking at \u2018procurement mechanism\u2019 to manufacture vaccines in Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caribbean<\/p>\n<p>As talks continue between Guyana, Rwanda and Barbados to manufacture vaccines and medicines, the President of the East African nation told Heads of Government of CARICOM on Wednesday that the next step in cementing the arrangement is to decide on a procurement mechanism that will be sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, is in Port of Spain for the first time and held a special meeting with the CARICOM Heads during the 45<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0meeting of the region\u2019s Heads of Government at the Hyatt Regency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a start, Guyana, Barbados, and Rwanda have embarked on a program of mutual support for the local manufacturing of vaccines and medicines. The next step is to commit to a pooled procurement mechanism that will make these facilities sustainable over the long run,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n<p>It was in June 2022 that President Dr Irfaan Ali participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for a BioNTech facility \u2013 the first vaccine production facility \u2013 to be constructed in Rwanda (Kigali).<\/p>\n<p>The facility is the start of a project in cooperation with Ghana, South Africa and Senegal that will allow Africa to become self-sufficient in vaccine production.<\/p>\n<p>And it was there that the Guyanese Head of State stated his own intention to upgrade the country\u2019s legislative and regulatory framework while investing in the necessary training and development research towards establishing a similar facility at home.<\/p>\n<p>The President had told the News Room that the government\u2019s development trajectory in diversifying the local economy is to invest in healthcare and education.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Kagame, in his address to the CARICOM Leaders, urged them to find a way to solve the issues of connectivity between Africa and the Caribbean in terms of transport and telecommunications.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cDigital jobs will be a critical driver for high-quality youth employment for our economies, and also a key lever for offering our brightest young people an alternative to migration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commonwealth has a number of initiatives in this area, which can give us a head-start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.gy\/2023\/07\/05\/guyana-rwanda-barbados-looking-at-procurement-mechanism-to-manufacture-vaccines-in-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Marco Verch (flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribbean As talks continue between Guyana, Rwanda and Barbados to manufacture vaccines and medicines, the President of the East African nation told Heads of Government of CARICOM on Wednesday that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":11315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[121,116,124,303,71],"class_list":["post-29193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-caribbean","tag-guyana","tag-jamaica","tag-manufacturing","tag-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Injection-drugs-bottle-ampoules-syringe-medical-health-Marco-Verch-Professional-Photographer-and-Speaker-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-7AR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4820,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/our-first-webinar-caricoms-procurement-framework-and-2018-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":29193,"position":0},"title":"Our First Webinar: CARICOM\u2019s Procurement Framework and 2018 Plan","author":"Michele Marius","date":"March 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As perhaps the most longstanding regional organisation, with nearly 20 associated institutions through which it touches the life every Caribbean citizen, the projects undertaken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can have far-reaching impact. 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