CS for Health Reaffirms Government Commitment to Kenya BioVax During Embakasi Site Visit
This morning, the Cabinet Secretary for Health,
@HonAdenDuale, conducted an official visit to the
@BioVaxInstitute Embakasi facility, underscoring the Government of Kenya’s firm commitment to strengthening local vaccine manufacturing and national health security. During the visit, the CS highlighted Kenya’s heavy reliance on imported vaccines and essential medicines, noting that lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains and reinforced the need for sustainable domestic and regional manufacturing capacity. He emphasized that Kenya BioVax was established as a strategic national asset to address these gaps and to advance vaccine self-reliance in line with the Government’s health and industrial development priorities.
The CS further reaffirmed continued Government and development partner support for BioVax, including significant investments in enabling works at the Embakasi facility and financing through the
@WorldBankKenya –supported Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience (HEPRR) Programme. He noted that the completion of Phase I enabling works marks a critical transition toward active vaccine and biologics manufacturing, with Kenya now preparing for Phase II installation of fill-and-finish equipment and advanced quality-control laboratories. The visit reinforced BioVax’s role as the anchor institution for vaccine sovereignty, pandemic preparedness, and regional manufacturing leadership, aligned with
@KenyaVision2030, the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, and
@AfricaCDC’s goal of achieving sustainable, Africa-led vaccine production.
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