Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrialising for Local Health
Ways to link technology, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceuticals to improve access to essential good quality medicines
Abstract
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.
This work is part of the ‘Industrial Productivity, Health Sector Performance and Policy Synergies for Inclusive Growth: A Study in Tanzania and Kenya’ Project
Citation
Mackintosh M, Banda G, Tibandebage P, Wamae W (eds), (2016) Making Medicines in Africa: the Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health Palgrave Macmillan (Open Access publication free to download at http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9781137546470)
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Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrialising for Local Health