Access to Medicines in India - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 933270144X ISBN 13: 9789332701441

Casa editrice: Academic Foundation, 2015

Riassunto

This book is a detailed look at the critical barriers to access to medicines in India despite the country ascending towards the role of “pharmacy of the global south.” It highlights several themes, considered as impediments to access to medicines while at the same time proposing viable policy options. Some of these themes include inadequate investment in public health care, inefficient and unreliable procurement and distribution of drugs, unaffordable drug prices and pharmaceutical patents. The book calls for scaling up investment and to replicate the success of a centralized procurement and decentralized distribution model of drugs, as in the state of Tamil Nadu, which will pave the way for universal access to essential medicines in India.

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L'autore:

Sakthivel Selvaraj is a senior health economist with Public Health Foundation of India.Dinesh Abrol is a professor in the Institute of Studies in Industrial Development and a visiting professor in the Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawahar Lal Nehru University. He is the author of three books and numerous articles and research papers. K. M. Gopakumar is the legal advisor and senior researcher with the Third World Network.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Academic Foundation
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 933270144X
• ISBN 13: 9789332701441
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 259
• Redattore: Selvaraj Sakthivel, Abrol Dinesh, Gopakumar K. M.