Making Medicines In Africa: The Political Economy Of Industrializing For Local Health (international Political Economy Series)
by Maureen Mackintosh /
2015 / English / PDF
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This book is open access under a CC-BY license.
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.
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
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.
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.
Research for this book has been selected as one of the 20 best
examples of the impact of UK research on development. See
http://www.ukcds.org.uk/the-global-impact-of-uk-research for
further details.
Research for this book has been selected as one of the 20 best
examples of the impact of UK research on development. See
http://www.ukcds.org.uk/the-global-impact-of-uk-research for
further details.
