{"id":64547,"date":"2025-04-21T20:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64547"},"modified":"2025-04-21T20:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:01:01","slug":"nigeria-sets-up-pharma-academy-with-swiss-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/21\/nigeria-sets-up-pharma-academy-with-swiss-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Sets Up Pharma Academy with Swiss Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a move to revolutionise its healthcare industry, Nigeria has partnered with Geneva-based Empower School of Health to launch a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Training Academy aimed at closing the country\u2019s skills gap and boosting local drug production.<\/p>\n<p>The landmark partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed under the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC), a key reform programme launched in 2023 by President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the signing event, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, said the academy will produce \u201cthe right talent\u201d needed to fuel Nigeria\u2019s ambition of manufacturing 70 percent of its pharmaceuticals by 2030 and 60 percent of its vaccines by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future of our health system depends not only on infrastructure and equipment but also on talent. This academy will help us build that capacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Empower School of Health, which has operated in over 40 countries, will lead the design and rollout of an industry-aligned curriculum tailored to Nigeria\u2019s manufacturing needs.<\/p>\n<p>The academy is expected to train a new generation of job-ready professionals who will drive sustainable growth in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative builds on recent achievements including 22 major healthcare projects and the activation of more than 10 healthcare value chain segments.<\/p>\n<p>Over 70 manufacturing firms have already signaled commitment to Nigeria\u2019s new health production agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The PVAC programme has also unlocked financing through five development finance institutions, offering fresh support to local healthcare entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>This latest step signals a shift in Nigeria\u2019s healthcare trajectory\u2014from dependency to self-reliance\u2014anchored on innovation, local talent, and strategic global collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a move to revolutionise its healthcare industry, Nigeria has partnered with Geneva-based Empower School of Health to launch a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Training Academy aimed at closing the country\u2019s skills gap and boosting local drug production. The landmark partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed under the Presidential Initiative for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64549,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64547\/revisions\/64549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}