NVI CEO defends GH¢13m spending on training, workshops and conferences

He said the Institute’s mandate required significant investment in training and knowledge-sharing activities because the country’s vaccine ecosystem lacked the technical capacity needed to support local vaccine manufacturing.

He described vaccine manufacturing as one of the weakest areas of Ghana’s vaccine ecosystem, saying the country lacked the technical expertise and infrastructure required to undertake several specialised processes independently.

Institute cites limited technical capacity Dr Sodzi-Tettey argued that developing vaccine manufacturing capacity was a complex and expensive undertaking that could not be achieved within a short period.