TOKYO, Sept. 9 -- TANZANIA and Algeria are moving to deepen cooperation in pharmaceutical manufacturing, with the two countries exploring how technology transfer, technical expertise and investment can help strengthen Tanzanias domestic production capacity and open opportunities for supplying medicines and medical equipment to wider African markets.

The latest development followed a meeting in Algiers between Tanzanian Ambassador to Algeria, Mobhare Matinyi and Algerian Minister for Pharmaceutical Industry, Dr Wassim Kouidri, at the ministrys headquarters.

Their discussions centred on strengthening bilateral cooperation in the pharmaceutical industry, an area Tanzania is increasingly treating as both a publichealth priority and an indus...