Published April 26, 2021 / Public health
The Gambia joins the Lomé Initiative
On 21 April, H.E. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, received in Banjul in audience Mr. Jean-Yves Ollivier, Founding Chairman.
Caption (left to right): H.E. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, Mr. Jean-Yves Ollivier, Founding Chairman de la Brazzaville Foundation.
During this meeting, President Barrow confirmed his country's desire to engage in the fight against falsified and substandard medicines under the Lomé Initiative launched in January 2020 under the auspices of President Faure Gnassingbé, by Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Niger, Uganda, Senegal, and Togo. The Gambia will thus become the seventh signatory country of the Lomé Initiative.
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