Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health
Banda, Geoffrey
Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health - Palgrave Macmillan 2015 - 1 electronic resource (360 p.)
Open Access
This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The importance of the pharmaceutical industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, its claim to policy priority, is rooted in the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. Making Medicines in Africa is a collective endeavour, by a group of contributors with a strong African and more broadly Southern presence, to find ways to link technological development, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceuticals to improve access to essential good quality medicines, as part of moving towards universal access to competent health care in Africa. The authors aim to shift the emphasis in international debate and initiatives towards sustained Africa-based and African-led initiatives to tackle this huge challenge. Without the technological, industrial, intellectual, organisational and research-related capabilities associated with competent pharmaceutical production, and without policies that pull the industrial sectors towards serving local health needs, the African sub-continent cannot generate the resources to tackle its populations' needs and demands.
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9781137546470 9781137571335 9781137546470
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Life Sciences Economics International Relations International Political Economy Political Economy Development African Studies African Economics Pharmacology and Toxicology
Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health - Palgrave Macmillan 2015 - 1 electronic resource (360 p.)
Open Access
This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The importance of the pharmaceutical industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, its claim to policy priority, is rooted in the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. Making Medicines in Africa is a collective endeavour, by a group of contributors with a strong African and more broadly Southern presence, to find ways to link technological development, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceuticals to improve access to essential good quality medicines, as part of moving towards universal access to competent health care in Africa. The authors aim to shift the emphasis in international debate and initiatives towards sustained Africa-based and African-led initiatives to tackle this huge challenge. Without the technological, industrial, intellectual, organisational and research-related capabilities associated with competent pharmaceutical production, and without policies that pull the industrial sectors towards serving local health needs, the African sub-continent cannot generate the resources to tackle its populations' needs and demands.
Creative Commons
English
9781137546470 9781137571335 9781137546470
10.1057/9781137546470 doi
Life Sciences Economics International Relations International Political Economy Political Economy Development African Studies African Economics Pharmacology and Toxicology