Making Medicines in Africa : : The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health.

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Superior document:International Political Economy Series
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Place / Publishing House:London : : Palgrave Macmillan UK,, 2015.
Ã2016.
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:International Political Economy Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (353 pages)
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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.