This week I had the opportunity to visit South Africa and Ethiopia, on an @europarl_en mission within the framework of the Special Committee on the COVI Pandemic, to understand how the African countries overcome the pandemic and the importance EU played in this fight.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sara_saracerdas/status/1629166146174828546
In all meetings we understood the importance of reinforcing strategic autonomy - in Africa only 1% of vaccines are produced, but it uses 25% of vaccines worldwide. This work is already being reinforced, for the most different vaccines and diseases.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sara_saracerdas/status/1629166149349920772
Also had the pleasure to meet @Tuliodna, a Portuguese-Brazilian researcher who discovered the Ómicron variant and changed the world.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sara_saracerdas/status/1629166155129651200
Thank you for receiving us & assuring a strong partnership between Africa-EU. Only together we can overcome global health challenges. @WHOatUECA @EUtoAU @ParliamentofRSA @AmbPeschke @SandraKramerEU @biovac_inst @ICRC_Africa @AmbSamate @AfricaCDC @EPHIEthiopia @FDREHOPR @FMoHealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sara_saracerdas/status/1629166157834907648
Another important topic was how countries in the Global South network in disease prevention and control, with cooperation with institutions worldwide, such as @EMA_News and @ECDC_EU.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sara_saracerdas/status/1629166152285933570