Improving the Supply Chains for the Health Sector: What Role for Locally Manufactured and Imported Medicines and Medical Supplies in Kenya?

Kariuki, Joan; Njeru, Mercy Karimi; Wamae, Watu and Mackintosh, Maureen (2015). Improving the Supply Chains for the Health Sector: What Role for Locally Manufactured and Imported Medicines and Medical Supplies in Kenya? Inclusive Bioeconomy Series 002/2015; African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Press, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Abstract

This Issue Paper presents some findings on research on supply within Kenya from local manufacturers to the health system. It compares the sourcing of local supplies and competing imports within the public, private and faith-based sectors of health care. Finally, it presents perceptions of Kenyan health sector actors at all levels on the extent to which improved local manufacturing supplies could help to increase access to essential medicines and medical supplies within Kenya.
The evidence presented here was collected as part of a research project entitled Industrial Productivity and Health Sector Performance (www.iphsp.acts-net.org).This was a collaborative research project undertaken by the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi; REPOA, Dar es Salaam; and The Open University, UK. The project aims to identify opportunities for improved local industrial supply of medical products to strengthen Kenyan and Tanzanian health system performance.

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