Generic Drugs: An Indian Factory in Mauritius

"We have to release land to Agreed sponds to the request," said the Minister Boolell a press conference on the Millennium Development Goals at the headquarters of his ministry in Port-Louis, last week, in the presence of the representative of Nations United in Mauritius, Simone Springett.

Cipla branch production Mauritius should produce generic drugs for infectious diseases such as HIV / AIDS cost-benefit African countries, said Arvin Boolell. Responding to questions from the press, the Minister should indicate that land has been identified at Banana in the south. "This information was communicated to the Director of the company and we are awaiting a response." There is not time limit for the implementation of the project, according to Arvin Boolell. He added that "Professor Hamied, who has a home in Mauritius, is the country. We need to encourage this kind of projects. "

Cipla is known worldwide for the production of generic drugs and is spearheading the provision of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs against AIDS at very low prices. According to the Foreign Minister, despite the difficulties that the laboratory had to face - the withdrawal of drugs by the World Health - he continued to produce others at unbeatable prices. Is that Maurice would also benefit from its products? Arvin Boolell said that "we already have the Clinton Initiative in terms of administration of ARVs concerned with." And note that Mauritius is among the first countries in the world to offer this treatment to patients for free.

This approach is part of the projects implemented by various partners to meet the Millennium Development Goals. A declaration signed by 189 UN Member States.

According Boolell, Mauritius "has Delivered on all the goals."

Currently, the Office of the United Nations Program for Development (UNPD) and the Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs , National Project Coordinator, organized a national consultation on the actions taken by the country and their impact on the population in the program. In this context, it appeals to Mauritius, whether the public service, the private sector, non-governmental or civil society to participate actively in the national consultation is done by through e-mail and through consultation meetings. These results give both a quantitative and qualitative actions undertaken. Mauritius is one of 50 countries selected for this survey. The deadline for the return of questionnaires is 21 January 2013, highlights Arvin Boolell. Questions can be downloaded from the internet address https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P85Z2FC and responses sent to the email address economic.directorate @ mail.gov.mu .