Dying from lack of medicines
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Approximately 1.6 million Africans died of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV-related illnesses in 2015. These diseases can be prevented or treated with timely access to appropriate and affordable medicines, vaccines and other health services. But less than 2% of drugs consumed in Africa are produced on the continent, meaning that many sick patients do not have access to locally produced drugs and may not afford to buy the imported ones.
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Poor procurement practices, the inability to pay for drugs and poor stability of drug products at high temperature and humidity prevent access to effective treatments.
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- Authors
- Pheage, T.
- Corresponding author
- Pheage, Tefo
- Venue
- Africa Renewal
- Publisher
- United Nations Publications
- Published
- 2017-03-13
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 24-25
- ISSN
- 1816-9627 (ISSN-L)
- 2517-9829
- OpenAlex
- W2774131336
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Africa renewal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Biotechnology and Related Fields
- Keywords
- access to medicines, pharmaceutical industry, drug affordability, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, vaccines, imported drugs, Africa
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