Mwemezi Ngemera is a pharmacist and public health specialist with 20 years of experience working in Africa with government authorities and international nongovernmental organizations. He is the Africa regional lead with USP, working to improve the availability of safe, effective, and quality-assured medicines and related medical products on the continent.
Delays of 10-20 years have occurred with the rollout of previous vaccines in Africa. How could stronger cross-continental regulatory collaboration reduce that timeline for COVID-19 vaccines? USP explains.
