The Pharmaceutical Industry and Access to Essential Medicines in Tanzania

Abstract

This paper outlines the flows of private capital that lie behind the growth of the for-profit pharmaceutical sector in Tanzania, and analyses the policy, access and equity challenges posed by the shift to increasing private sector participation in medicine provision. The study was implemented within the Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, in a regional programme co-ordinated by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, South Africa.