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Pharmaceutical firm takes lead role in African health summit
A Leicestershire business has taken a leading role during an international health summit looking to improve the healthcare of African communities and strengthen private sector engagement in the region. Loughborough-based Morningside Pharmaceuticals joined political, health and private sector leaders at the fourth UK East Africa Health Summit, in London, recently. The summit looked for ways to
support the UK and East African governments with responding to current and future health issues and was convened and supported by the Uganda UK Health Alliance, British Medical Association (BMA), British Medical Journal (BMJ), NHS Health Education England, and headline sponsors Morningside Pharmaceuticals.
Delegations from the UK and
African governments, NHS leaders, policy makers and representatives from African ministries of health all came together with international healthcare experts, investors, solution providers and business leaders. The Department for International
Trade (DIT) led a break-out session in the House of Lords, chaired by Lord Dolar Popat, the UK Trade Envoy to Rwanda and Uganda, where business leaders discussed how promoting private sector engagement and UK exports can strengthen bilateral trade across the East African markets. Lord Popat said: “As the Prime
Minister’s Trade Envoy to Uganda and Rwanda, it is my mission to strengthen Britain's post Brexit trade and investment with a continent that hosts some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
“Uganda and UK have what it
takes to be partners on the road ahead in world class health care. We share a tremendous history, a common working language, and a lot of affection for each other’s countries. We have to work together, so that we can help each other to have a mutually bright future ahead.” One business which supplies
Dr Nik Kotecha 22 business network June 2019
quality medicines to Africa is Morningside Pharmaceuticals – a Chamber strategic partner – whose Chief Executive, Dr Nik Kotecha
The fourth UK East Africa Health Summit looked at the response needed to current and future health issues in East African countries such as Uganda
‘Uganda and UK have what it takes to be partners on the road ahead in world class health care’
OBE, hosted a Q&A session on Safe Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Medical Devices at the summit and also took part in the House of Lords business leaders event. Dr Kotecha said: “For almost 30
years we have supplied quality medicines directly to African countries by working with ministries of health, and through large aid agencies such as UNICEF, The World Health Organisation (WHO), MSF and the Red Cross. “In that time we’ve seen some
fantastic opportunities and some challenges. Some of the priority areas the summit focused on included access to safe medicines and looking for businesses to set up local manufacturing plants to ensure the supply of cost effective quality medicines is maintained. “More needs to be done to
regulate and remove counterfeit medicines from healthcare systems too, and lastly it’s important that medicines that are imported in are
transported in a safe and secure temperature controlled way, so they arrive undamaged.” Talking about the two-day
summit, Moses Mulimira, UK Lead for the Uganda UK Health Alliance, said: “It will be impossible to achieve national and international goals, including sustainable development goals, without greater and more effective investment in health systems and services. “This summit brought together significant individuals from East Africa and the UK to share ideas. “This will undoubtedly lead to
more collaborations where nurses and doctors from the UK work in Africa to help with techniques and the knowledge base there, as well as bring healthcare professionals from Africa to the UK for training. “The summit also encourages
professional volunteering in both directions, as well as better coordinated joint-working collaborations.”
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