1.0South Africa Voicehttps://southafricavoice.comweb deskhttps://southafricavoice.com/author/web-desk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RDWqAm211b"><a href="https://southafricavoice.com/dhlomo-calls-on-african-countries-to-produce-their-own-medicines-vaccines/">Dhlomo calls on African countries to produce their own medicines, vaccines</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricavoice.com/dhlomo-calls-on-african-countries-to-produce-their-own-medicines-vaccines/embed/#?secret=RDWqAm211b" width="600" height="338" title="“Dhlomo calls on African countries to produce their own medicines, vaccines” — South Africa Voice" data-secret="RDWqAm211b" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Deputy Health Minister, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called on world health leaders to assist Africa in ensuring it can produce its own pharmaceutical products.   Citing the latest International Monetary Fund publication data, Dhlomo said Africa, with a population of about 1.3 billion, had 375 drug makers.   Of these, most were in North Africa, ... Read more