43. 在本报告所述期间，非洲联盟发展署发起了一项举措，以加快制定非洲在提高对当前和未来大流行病应对能力时的本地解决方案。“大流行病应对能力加速方案”帮助非洲的医疗卫生相关企业提高卫生保健能力，减少对外部医疗供应链的依赖。这项举措是非洲联盟发展署和日本国际协力机构的一项伙伴合作，得到了波士顿咨询集团和其他公共和私人组织的支持。这项举措在东非共同体地区完成试点阶段之后，将于 2021 年下半年推广到非洲其他地区。
43. Over the reporting period, the African Union Development Agency launched an initiative to accelerate African home-grown solutions to improve resilience to current and future pandemics. The Pandemic Resilience Accelerator helps African health - related businesses to improve their health-care capacity and reduce their reliance on external medical supply chains. The initiative is a partnership between the Afri can Union Development Agency and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, with support from the Boston Consulting Group and other public and private organizations. After its pilot phase in the East African Community region, it will be extended to the rest of Africa in the second half of 2021.