Ghana to Seek India’s Backing for Vaccine Hub as Modi Visits
A health worker prepares a vaccine at the Ridge Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
Photographer: Nipah Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesGhana plans to ask India for support to develop a vaccine hub when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the West African nation this week.
The two countries are expected to hold talks and sign agreements covering agriculture, defense and a vaccine hub, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told reporters in the capital, Accra. The African nation, which aims to become self-sufficient in inoculations by 2030 and a hub for vaccine production will seek to capitalize on the South Asian country’s vast experience in pharmaceuticals, he said.