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

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction: African Industrial Development, Values and Health Care....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-6
Making Medicines in Africa: An Historical Political Economy Overview....Pages 7-24
Pharmaceuticals in Kenya: The Evolution of Technological Capabilities....Pages 25-44
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Decline in Tanzania: How Possible Is a Turnaround to Growth?....Pages 45-64
Bringing Industrial and Health Policies Closer: Reviving Pharmaceutical Production in Ethiopia....Pages 65-84
South-South Collaboration in Pharmaceuticals: Manufacturing Anti-retroviral Medicines in Mozambique....Pages 85-102
Can Foreign Firms Promote Local Production of Pharmaceuticals in Africa?....Pages 103-121
Raising the Technological Level: The Scope for API, Excipients, and Biologicals Manufacture in Africa....Pages 122-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Health Systems as Industrial Policy: Building Collaborative Capabilities in the Tanzanian and Kenyan Health Sectors and Their Local Suppliers....Pages 147-165
The Dissemination of Local Health Innovations: Political Economy Issues in Brazil....Pages 166-182
Healthy Industries and Unhealthy Populations: Lessons from Indian Problem-Solving....Pages 183-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-202
Policies to Control Prices of Medicines: Does the South African Experience Have Lessons for Other African Countries?....Pages 203-223
Pharmaceutical Standards in Africa: The Road to Improvement and Their Role in Technological Capability Upgrading....Pages 224-242
Innovative Procurement for Health and Industrial Development....Pages 243-260
Industry Associations and the Changing Politics of Making Medicines in South Africa....Pages 261-277
Finance and Incentives to Support the Development of National Pharmaceutical Industries....Pages 278-297
Back Matter....Pages 298-334