On December 19, 2024, Mr. Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the IFC – International Finance Corporation, visited the vaccine production site of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) in Diamniadio. During this visit, he reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the IPD in its project for health and vaccine sovereignty, an initiative he considers as a model for building an autonomous healthcare system in Africa.
This visit follows the recent signing of an agreement between the IFC, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), and VaxSen, securing $45 million in funding for ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ง , an entity affiliated with the Institut Pasteur de Dakar.
Mr. Diop toured the ๐๐๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ plants, which will respectively produce vaccines against emerging epidemic-prone diseases and yellow fever vaccines in larger quantities to meet the needs of the African continent.
During his first visit in March 2022, Mr. Makhtar Diop had already praised the progress made. Two years later, he once again commended the IPD teams for their outstanding work, highlighting the remarkable development of the site. He also renewed his commitment to strengthening the collaboration between the IFC and the IPD to implement swift and effective actions to ensure the success of this innovative initiative.
With the IFC and our other partners, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ.
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