The Kenyan government is mulling a possibility of using Ukrainian drugs to fight Tuberculosis (TB).

The Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine that this information was announced at a meeting of the Ukrainian ambassador to Kenya Yevhen Tsymbaliuk with Health Minister of Kenya Cleopa Mailu.

At the meeting the sides discussed the possible ways of stepping up bilateral relations in the health care area, development of medical and scientific cooperation and cooperation in medical education. They determined the prospects for signing a bilateral agreement of cooperation in the above-mentioned spheres or a memorandum of sectoral cooperation.

The Ukrainian diplomat presented the potential of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical complex to the Kenyan minister, in particular, the potential of the companies that applied for help to the Council of Exporters and Investors at the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine and directly to the Ukrainian Embassy in Kenya.

The meeting participants also discussed the possibility of launching the Protect Children from TB project in Kenya with the involvement of Ukrainian specialists and using Ukrainian medicines.

"The establishment of cooperation with Kenya in the health care sector, including fight against infectious diseases, and creation of the conditions for providing proper medical assistance to Kenyans would help Ukrainian pharmaceutical companies to enter local markets," the association said.

As reported, in March Ukraine's Interchem double liability company took part in the largest pharmaceutical exhibition in Eastern Africa in Kenya.

Interchem double liability company is one of the leading Ukrainian manufacturers of medicine and pharmaceutical substances. It has a full production cycle from the design and synthesis of new biologically active molecules, and the industrial production of pharmaceutical substances, to the production of medicines and sales of products to end consumers.

The company is part of the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ukraine uniting leading pharmaceutical manufacturers of the country.