Caroline Kosilei

Daughter of Africa and Postgraduate student @UCLGlobalHealth. Passionate about developing innovative ideas to solve global health problems.

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Follow the blueprint of India to grow #localmanufacturing in Kenya Chair of @Federation of Kenya Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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Local manufacturers do not source their API locally @Kemsa_Kenya @KenyaHealthFed @PSKenya_

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Kenya exporting 272 #localmanufacturing HPTs

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Out of the 68.3% #localmanufacturing 30% is exported @KEMRI_Kenya @Kemsa_Kenya

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Key findings: 68.3% of the locally manufactured products are not in the KEML 2023 #localmanufacturing

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Key findings: Only 22% of the medicine molecules are locally manufactured. #localmanufacturing

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85% of essential meds not manufactured locally. #localmanufacturing

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Key findings: 20% of the total health expenditure for HPTs is from imports which accounted for Kes 76 billion in 2020 #localmanufacturing @Kemsa_Kenya

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Lack of foreign partnership for capacity strengthening and limited financial sources for #localmanufacturing - Head of #DHPT Dr. Tom Menge

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Digitalization and the facility improvement fund will improve issues of delayed @Kemsa_Kenya and @NhifKenya / @TaifaCare_ payments

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#Gov willing to first track issues to do with product registration for #localmanufactring of #HPTs - PS #Harrykimtai

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#Gov working on revision of policies to improve WHO prequalification status for HPTs for #localmanufacturing PS #Harrykimtai

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Key to #localmanafucturing is a partnership across all sectors including financial institutions

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Political will is there. At least 50% of the essential medicines should be locally produced by 2026 in #kenya #localmanufacturingcapacity

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Over 70% of #HPTS in #Kenya is imported which is unsustainable in the long run - PS #Harrykimtai @Kemsa_Kenya #localmanufacturingcapacityassessment

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Data is a key foundation for informing #localmanufacturing.

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#Gov has prepared a platform for supporting #privatesector to take up #localmanufacturing for HPTs -PS #HarryKimtai

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The launch of the #DHPT #localmanufacturing capacity assessment being officially opened by PS #Harrykimtai @Kemsa_Kenya

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Kenya Pharma industry has limited access to data and the available data have not been government-initiated @kemsa_Kenya #localmanufacturing

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It is interesting that pharmacists are leaning more toward increasing capacity on aspects related to patients rather than the #HPTs. #localmanufacturing @Kemsa_Kenya @PSKenya_