Local production and technical transfer can play a significant role towards the reliable supply of safe, quality-assured, affordable health products. However, local manufacturers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), in most cases, manufacture below their optimal capacity and supply only a fraction of the local market for a variety of reasons. This has been exacerbated by limited technical and technological capacity both in the industry and regulators, and the imbalance between regulatory coverage and the number of local manufacturers. Industry and regulators have concurrent roles to ensure quality access to quality health products.

To provide sustainable solution and curb the limitations encountered by LMICs, The Local Production & Assistance Unit (LPA) organizes a set of regional training workshop for manufacturers, regulators, and other stakeholders in different regions to build capacity in leveraging on key enablers for sustainable and quality local production. Moreover, a global knowledge repository of trainings and other resources to promote local production and technology transfer is being developed. Such repository includes model strategies, tools, Q&As reports on specific cGMP topics and guidance, directed to governments, the industry, and other stakeholders. The LPA Unit organizes regular cGXP trainings to build capacity of manufacturers in all 6 WHO regions.