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From Dialogue to Action: Advancing Kenya’s Health Supply Chain Sustainability  Reflections from the Joint Learning Exchange Forum By  CIPS HPA, inSupply Health, ARC, and ThinkWell  On August 28, 2025, health supply chain leaders, government representatives, implementing and development partners, and practitioners gathered in Nairobi for the Health Supply Chain Learning Exchange…

ARC at the 44th Annual Scientific Conference and AGM meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSZ) held at Livingstone, 4- 6th June 2025 ARC was invited to sit on a panel discussion on Local Manufacturing of medicines in Zambia, as part of the continent-wide response to the call by…

The Africa Resource Centre (ARC) was honored to participate in the 50th Golden Jubilee celebration of the Ethiopia Pharmaceutical Association (EPA), held on December 4-5, 2024, in Addis Ababa. This milestone event brought together key stakeholders from Ethiopia’s pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors to reflect on EPA’s contributions and chart the…

La 2ème édition du Forum Africain sur le Renforcement de la chaine d’Approvisionnement des Produits de Santé (FARCAPS) s’est tenue du 03 au 05 décembre 2024 à Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.  Ce double événement est placé sous le Haut Patronage de Son Excellence Monsieur Robert Beugre MAMBE, Premier Ministre, Chef du…

Since its inception in 2018, the Galien Forum Africa has established itself as a premier high-level platform for scientific exchange and innovation in the health, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology sectors across the continent. This prestigious annual event convenes Nobel Prize laureates, political leaders, experts, researchers, students, medical professionals, socio-anthropologists, biologists, innovators,…

 The inaugural African Medicines Manufacturing Trade Exhibition and Conference (AMMTEC) hosted by FAPMA, Vizuri, and H4D brought together pharma manufacturers, government representatives, Africa CDC, donors USAID, TGF; the UN agencies, and implementing agents from across the continent. This conference included showcasing manufacturers and their capability to manufacture and supply essential…

The 2024 GHSC Conference took place in Lagos, Nigeria, from November 12th to 15th, under the theme ‘Value chain innovations for universal health coverage’, expressed as follows: ‘’Countries are working towards universal health coverage (UHC) by building resilient and equitable health systems, and investments and innovation across the healthcare value chain…

ARC had been cordially invited by the COMESA Secretary General to attend the 23rd  COMESA Ministerial and Heads of State and Government Summit which included the 17th COMESA Business Council (CBC) forum. The theme of this Forum was: “Accelerating Regional Integration through the Development of Regional Value Chains in Climate Resilient…

The 23rd International Pharmaceutical Forum was held in Lomé, Togo, from July 3 to 6, 2024, under the theme “Universal Access to Care: Challenges, Issues and Prospects for the Pharmaceutical Sector”. This crucial theme highlights the persistent challenges and opportunities in the pharmaceutical sector, aimed at ensuring that every individual…

Background of Antiretroviral (ARV) Distribution and Challenges. Kenya is estimated to have 1,356,806 people living with HIV (PLHIV) and there are approximately 22,000 new cases of infection every year. Currently, most of the ARV distribution to PLHIVs is through public health facilities.   However, the rising number of new cases…