ABSTRACT

Drawing on anthropology, historical sociology and social-epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, (and) consumed, and regulated in order to construct a comprehensive understanding of the issues that drive (medicine) pharmaceutical markets in the Global South today.

 

Based on primary research conducted in Benin and Ghana, and additional data collected in Cambodia and the Ivory Coast, this volume uses artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) against malaria as a central case study. It highlights the influence of the countries colonial and post-colonial history on their models for state regulation, production, and distribution, explores the determining role transnational actors as well as industries from the North but also and increasingly from the South play in influencing local pharmaceutical markets and looks at the behaviour of health care professionals and individuals. Stepping back, the authors then unpick the pharmaceuticalization process and the multiple regulations at stake by looking at the workings of, and linkages between, (biomedical health) pharmaceutical systems, (representatives of companies) industries, actors in private distribution, and consumer practices.

 

Providing a thorough comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of different pharmaceutical systems, it is an important contribution to the literature on pharmaceutalization and the governance of medication. It is of interest to students, researchers and policy-makers interested in medical anthropology, the sociology of health and illness, global health, healthcare management and pharmacy.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429329517, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

 

chapter |26 pages

Introduction

Pharmaceutical markets in the Global South: Shaped by history and multiple regulations
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part I|88 pages

Varying choices for State regulation and their consequences

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chapter 3|22 pages

Distribution and access to medicines

Role of the pharmacist monopoly
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chapter 4|21 pages

From depharmaceuticalization to drug abundance

A social history of pharmaceutic regulations in Cambodia
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part II|82 pages

Global and local markets of new antimalarials

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A new geography of pharmaceuticals

Trajectories of artemisinin-based medicines
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chapter 6|21 pages

Clashes between subsidized and private ACT markets

When administrative, Global Health, and marketing regulations collide
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chapter 8|22 pages

Standardized herbal medicines in Ghana

The construction of a substantial share of the medicine market, especially for malaria
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part III|95 pages

Pharmaceuticalization: Medicines at the heart of health systems and societies

chapter 1989|26 pages

Pharmaceutical representative activities in Benin and Ghana

Promoting firms while helping construct the pharmaceutical economy of African countries
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chapter 10|24 pages

Self-medication versus consultation

Individual autonomy and dependence in health decisions
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Conclusion: Rationalizing drug markets in the Global South

Re-making medicines essential 1
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