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Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health
Maureen Mackintosh (Ed.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Mackintosh, Maureen. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1HF; JPQB; KCP; KNDR; MBNH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
International Political Economy Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137571335
SKU
V9781137571335
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99-15
About Maureen Mackintosh (Ed.)
Maureen Mackintosh is Professor of Economics at the Open University, UK. She is a development economist specialising in the analysis of markets in health care and medicines, with particular reference to African contexts. Geoffrey Banda is a Research Fellow at the Innogen Institute within Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at The University of Edinburgh, UK. He ... Read more
Reviews for Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health
Making Medicines in Africa comes at just the right time to bring evidence into the often heated debate about local pharmaceutical production in African countries. Scientific data complemented by insider knowledge point the way to achieving better access to health and economic sustainability through local manufacturing. This book is a milestone and will surely become the first standard work on ... Read more