Health Minister Mohamed Mchengerwa ordered pharmaceutical regulators and the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority to launch investor recruitment campaigns within three weeks, targeting manufacturers who can establish drug production facilities and reduce reliance on foreign medical supplies. The directive requires officials to specify partnership opportunities that attract entrepreneurs willing to build factories capable of generating domestic therapeutics under government quality oversight.
Mchengerwa emphasized that expanding local manufacturing capacity will slash expenditures currently allocated toward importing health commodities while enabling authorities to monitor production standards more effectively. The initiative aims to strengthen pharmaceutical self-sufficiency by drawing capital into an industry that can safeguard public wellness through reliable access to affordable medicines produced within national borders.
Mchengerwa emphasized that expanding local manufacturing capacity will slash expenditures currently allocated toward importing health commodities while enabling authorities to monitor production standards more effectively. The initiative aims to strengthen pharmaceutical self-sufficiency by drawing capital into an industry that can safeguard public wellness through reliable access to affordable medicines produced within national borders.
