Title: Accelerating sustainable regional vaccine manufacturing through global partnerships – 24th DCVMN Annual General meeting 2023 report

Abstract

The 24th Annual General Meeting of the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers’ Network (DCVMN), held in Cape Town, South Africa and co-hosted by Biovac, convened over 400 delegates and featured more than 100 distinguished speakers across three days. This gathering served as a vital platform for vaccine manufacturers from developing nations to share insights, challenges, and achievements, underscoring their pivotal role in global vaccine research, development, and distribution to promote vaccine equity. The conference theme centered on partnerships in various forms and their instrumental role in assisting local manufacturers in achieving their and global health objectives. Speakers provided comprehensive reviews of the vaccine industry’s current landscape, covering aspects such as development, manufacturing, quality control, technology transfer, and gender-related immunization, with a focus on the perspectives of DCVMs. This paper focuses on these interconnected areas, examining their present status through the perspectives of our member manufacturers and prominent global health organizations.

Keywords

• Vaccines
• Sustainable manufacturing
• Developing countries
• Global health security
• Vaccine equity
• Vaccine ecosystem