The benefits of local production of pharmaceuticals in Africa for local access to medicines
and to effective treatment remain contested. There is scepticism among health systems …

Industrial development in pharmaceuticals in Africa can support health system strengthening
Developing local pharmaceutical production can improve access to medicines and help to …

This article presents key results from a comparative qualitative Social Policy study of nine
African regional economic communities'(RECs) regional health policies. The article asks to …

Health care forms a large economic sector in all countries, and procurement of medicines
and other essential commodities necessarily creates economic linkages between a country's …

A comparative study of healthcare policy in Africa, the book explores the impact of historical
institutions, multilateral organizations, and informal norms, such as, respectively …

Basically, there are two systems of health care in the developing world: one is traditional and
prescientific; the other modern, scientific and Western in derivation. The two exist side by …

At population levels, health outcomes are determined more by social conditions than by
either biology or technological interventions. Therefore, entrenched and increasing …

With the recent change from the Millennium Development Goals to the 17 new Sustainable
Development Goals, the focus of the global development agenda is expanding: there is …

Africa has emerged as a prime arena of global health interventions that focus on particular
diseases and health emergencies. These are framed increasingly in terms of international …

Health has been brought into foreign policy processes for several centuries, through diverse
approaches that differ across countries and regions, albeit with both risks and benefits for …