Health technologies for the developing world. Promoting self-reliance through improving local procurement and manufacturing capabilities.

Autor: Free MJ, Green JA, Morrow MM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of technology assessment in health care [Int J Technol Assess Health Care] 1993 Summer; Vol. 9 (3), pp. 380-96.
DOI: 10.1017/s0266462300004645
Abstrakt: To reduce their dependency on donors or the international currency costs of essential health care products, developing countries are building or improving capability for local manufacturing or competitive international procurement. Through long-term strategic planning, public/private partnerships, collaboration with firms in industrialized nations, and farsighted donor policies, the capacity for alternative supply can be increased in stages from importation through local processing and packaging to full production and multiproduct enterprises.
Databáze: MEDLINE