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Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC)

Background
HeDPAC was launched on December 19, 20223 as a health development platform between Africa and the Caribbean Regions aimed at strengthening South-South cooperation to build institutional capacity within and between the regions to address pressing health challenges. . It is championed by President Paul Kagameof Rwanda and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados. Its establishment was necessitated by the collective recognition of the valuable lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in which the two regions were disproportionately affected due to vaccine hoarding, exclusionary policies and travel bans.

Priorities
HeDPAC has three priorities: human health workforce development; resilient health systems with primary health care; and local manufacturing of medical products.