Journal article
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Summary of Publication
Banda, G., Mugwagwa, J., Wanjala, C., Mackintosh, M. and Kale, D. (2021) 'Local manufacturing, local supply chains and health security in Africa: lessons from COVID-19', BMJ Global Health, 6e006362.
This article by ICCA researchers Geoff Banda, Cecilia Wanjala, Maureen Mackintosh and Dinar Kale with our colleague Julius Mugwagwa argues that COVID-19 has shown both the importance of local manufacturing for health security in Africa and the scope and capability that exists for local industrial innovation.