Making Medicines in Africa : The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | International Political Economy Series
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: African Industrial Development, Values and Health Care
- Part I The Pharmaceutical Industry in Africa
- 1 Making Medicines in Africa: An Historical Political Economy Overview
- 2 Pharmaceuticals in Kenya: The Evolution of Technological Capabilities
- 3 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Decline in Tanzania: How Possible Is a Turnaround to Growth?
- 4 Bringing Industrial and Health Policies Closer: Reviving Pharmaceutical Production in Ethiopia
- 5 South-South Collaboration in Pharmaceuticals: Manufacturing Anti-retroviral Medicines in Mozambique
- 6 Can Foreign Firms Promote Local Production of Pharmaceuticals in Africa?
- 7 Raising the Technological Level: The Scope for API, Excipients, and Biologicals Manufacture in Africa
- Part II Industrialization for Health
- 8 Health Systems as Industrial Policy: Building Collaborative Capabilities in the Tanzanian and Kenyan Health Sectors and Their Local Suppliers
- 9 The Dissemination of Local Health Innovations: Political Economy Issues in Brazil
- 10 Healthy Industries and Unhealthy Populations: Lessons from Indian Problem-Solving
- Part III Industrial Policies and Health Needs
- 11 Policies to Control Prices of Medicines: Does the South African Experience Have Lessons for Other African Countries?
- 12 Pharmaceutical Standards in Africa: The Road to Improvement and Their Role in Technological Capability Upgrading
- 13 Innovative Procurement for Health and Industrial Development
- 14 Industry Associations and the Changing Politics of Making Medicines in South Africa
- 15 Finance and Incentives to Support the Development of National Pharmaceutical Industries
- Bibliography
- Index.