{"id":74980,"date":"2021-09-26T04:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T02:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/wfp-and-takeda-deepen-partnership-in-west-africa-to-strengthen-health-emergency-response\/"},"modified":"2021-09-26T04:30:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T02:30:14","slug":"wfp-and-takeda-deepen-partnership-in-west-africa-to-strengthen-health-emergency-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/wfp-and-takeda-deepen-partnership-in-west-africa-to-strengthen-health-emergency-response\/","title":{"rendered":"WFP and Takeda deepen partnership in West Africa to strengthen health emergency response"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new JPY 1.3 billion (approximately USD 10.8 million) contribution from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) Global CSR Program to the World Food Programme (WFP) builds on previous successes and brings forward a 5-year initiative to help strengthen regional health supply chain capacities in West Africa.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Takeda and WFP\u2019s existing partnership has focused on\u00a0strengthening\u00a0in-country public health supply chains and supporting\u00a0long-term pandemic preparedness, combining Takeda\u2019s financial support with WFP\u2019s supply chain knowledge and experience, built over nearly six decades of working in some of the most logistically challenging environments in the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In West Africa, fragile supply chains can lead to delays and damage in the transport and storage of medicines and other vital health items, leaving vulnerable communities without the help they need. This new initiative, which will run from 2022 to 2026, will build on existing activities as part of the current Takeda-WFP partnership, helping\u00a0to address supply chain gaps and challenges at a regional level, ensuring better accessibility and availability of health products in fragile environments\u00a0through the WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Accra, Ghana.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The United Nations Humanitarian Response Depots (UNHRD) are a network of six strategically located hubs around the world that provide supply chain services to the humanitarian community.\u00a0UNHRD Ghana, in Accra,\u00a0supports\u00a0humanitarian organizations working across\u00a017 West African countries.\u00a0This initiative will enhance the capacity of UNHRD Accra to store and deliver temperature-sensitive health products on behalf of the humanitarian community, and will\u00a0create a Regional Logistics Knowledge Centre, where supply chain professionals and representatives from national governments in the region can receive training on best-in-class supply chain practices, ensuring that they are better equipped to face and manage health emergencies.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWFP has been working with Takeda since 2020 and we value this partnership enormously,\u201d said WFP\u2019s Executive Director David Beasley.\u00a0\u201cThis new generous donation from Takeda reflects the success and sustainability of our collaboration and will help public and private actors in West Africa prepare for, and respond to, health emergencies \u2013 so that vital supplies can reach those most in need.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTakeda is proud to continue working with the World Food Programme to\u00a0transform supply chains and\u00a0ensure access to critical health products in\u00a0West Africa,\u201d said Takako\u00a0Ohyabu, Chief Global Corporate Affairs Officer at Takeda. \u201cOur Global CSR Program\u00a0partners are selected annually by our employees around the world. Through this program, we are\u00a0focused on strengthening health systems and\u00a0our work with WFP\u00a0continues to be meaningful to employees. As we continue this\u00a0partnership, we hope to empower communities in West Africa to be ready for\u00a0the health challenges of\u00a0the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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