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  Willingness and ability to use TRIPs flexibilities: Kenya case study

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This paper, produced by the HSRC, examines legislation and policy in light of recent developments in the international intellectual property rights framework, focusing on Kenya as a case study. It examines existing supply sources and associated trends in the pricing of medicine and the existing legal structure and flexibilities.
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  A survey of policy and practice on the use of access to medicines-related TRIPs flexibilities in Malawi

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC study surveys Malawian policy and practice on the use of access to medicines-related TRIPs (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) flexibilities, as Malawian patent legislation will need to become compliant with TRIPs by January 2006.
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  Emerging challenges and opportunities in drug registration and regulation in developing countries

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC study describes how current drug regulation and registration processes affect the quality and availability of medicines in developing countries, and provides policy recommendations as to how systems can more efficiently allow appropriate quality drugs to market.
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  Processes and issues for improving access to medicines: the evidence base for domestic production and greater access to medicines

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC study explores whether the domestic production of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria drugs in sub-Saharan Africa is sufficiently profitable to operate indefinitely, while at the same time increasing access to medicines by providing them at prices lower than from international sources. The study uses a model to simulate the cost structure of an imaginary enterprise manufacturing quality drugs.
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  Leveraging the private sector for public health objectives: a briefing paper for DFID on technology transfer in the pharmaceuticals sector

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC study maps a variety of Technology Transfer (TT) experiences and analyses the motivations behind the enabling agreements. TT is defined as the dissemination of knowledge and expertise from developed country organisations to developing country organisations.
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  The effect of changing intellectual property on pharmaceutical industry prospects in India and China: considerations for access to medicines

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC report explores the implications of changing Intellectual Property (IP) on access to medicines (ATM) in India and China by asking two key questions: how will the implementation of product patents affect the pharmaceutical industries in these countries; and what will happen to the supply of low-priced medicines domestically and internationally.
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  Processes and issues for improving access to medicines: willingness and ability to utilise TRIPS flexibilities in non-producing countries

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC paper examines ways in which a non-producing country (NPD) can utilise TRIPS flexibilities, primarily focusing on importation. It also examines how to promote local production through pharmaceutical capacity building and through both compulsory and voluntary licensing.
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  Impacts of Community Health Insurance Schemes on Health Care Provision in Rural Tanzania

  Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 2004

  This study examines community health funds (CHF) in Tanzania to evaluate the role of community health funds in lowering the barriers to access health care. The authors found that protection by the community schemes drastically increases participants’ demand for health care.
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  Experiences of contracting with the private sector: a selected review

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC paper reviews the experiences of social agencies contracting with the private sector to provide health care services, and focuses on the capacity of this mechanism to improve access to services by the poor. A sample of country experiences are reviewed, reflecting a range of potential methods for using contracting to benefit the poor.
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  Private provision in its institutional context - lessons from health

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  Debate surrounding the roles of public and private sector in the provision of health services rarely reflects the reality of countries where most poor people live. This HSRC paper aims to explore this reality and develop practical strategies for meeting the needs of the poor.

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