Pills for the poorest : an exploration of TRIPS and access to medication in Sub-Saharan Africa created by Emilie Cloatre

By:

Cloatre, Emilie [author, Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studiesPublication details: London Palgrave Macmillan 2013Description: 204 pages 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780230282841 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

RA401.A557

Contents:

Introduction: Global IP and pills for the poorest -- TRIPS as assemblage -- From global scripts to local translation -- From IP to public health in Djibouti and Ghana -- Pharmaceutical patents as silent regulatory tools : escaping branded drugs in Djibouti -- Ghana, pharmaceutical patents and the ambivalence of generic medicines -- Global movements, changing markets and the reshaping of health and disease -- Conclusion: Pharmaceuticals and socio-legal ambivalence

Summary: "This book offers a new perspective on the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using local case studies and insights from actor-network theory, it explores the ways in which TRIPs is translated in the daily practices of those who purchase, distribute and use medicines in sub-Saharan Africa"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"This book offers a new perspective on the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using local case studies and insights from actor-network theory, it explores the ways in which TRIPs is translated in the daily practices of those who purchase, distribute and use medicines in sub-Saharan Africa"--

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