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Africa: Africa's Pooled Procurement Mechanism Seeks to Lower Medical Product Costs
AllAfrica · 19 Oct 2026 · Health facility or pharma investment
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 October 2026 - The African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM) has moved from its pilot phase to a fully-fledged continental programme, with eight African Union Member States having signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to participate in the initiative.
Nurses, lab techs, biomedical equipment and facility operations
Skills this will need
nursingcommunity healthpharmacy techlab technicianfirst aid
Who to talk to
Hospital HR / ministry of health · Workforce planning
Operator or state government
How to prepare
- Renew licences
- Add community-health or biomedical equipment short courses
What you can do
- Ask the teaching hospital attached to the project about internships
Jobs this can create
- Nursing
- Pharmacy tech
- Records clerks
- Biomedical maintenance
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