Africa Must Build Vaccine-Production Capacity, WTO Chief Says.

Read more: WTO Holiday From Vaccine Equity Talks Draws Calls for Action WTO members are divided over the question of whether a waiver to the its intellectual-property rules for vaccines is the best way to expand access to life-saving drugs in the developing world. (Bloomberg) -- African nations should build capacity to produce vaccines on the continent and work with pharmaceutical companies to ensure that the raw materials needed to produce the inoculations are available, according to World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. [Extracted from the article]