Pharmaceutical security in South Africa: law and medical geopolitics

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dc.contributor.advisorPirie, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorGater, Thomas
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Geography and Environmental Studies
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-06T08:02:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T11:40:27Z
dc.date.available2010/05/20 19:30
dc.date.available2010/05/20
dc.date.available2014-02-06T08:02:47Z
dc.date.available2024-03-20T11:40:27Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study focuses on the political and economic geographies of pharmaceutical delivery. In 1997 the South African government passed the Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Act, sparking outrage from both the local and international pharmaceutical industry, and resulting in court action in 2001. The industry believed that South Africa was in breach of its obligations under international intellectual property law. Those fighting for pharmaceutical security hoped the court case would be a 'landmark' in the global campaign for equitable access to medicines. This investigation seeks to analyse the domestic and international legacy of the court action. The inquiry takes its significance from the high prevalence rates of treatable diseases and the need for pharmaceutical security in South Africa and its neighbouring African countries. The absence of a sustainable international medicines delivery system is a global political, economic and moral failure. A solution is required that balances the positive productive forces of the market with a philosophy of justice and equity.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9383
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectGeopoliticsen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectInequityen_US
dc.subjectInternational political economyen_US
dc.subjectLawen_US
dc.subjectMedical geographyen_US
dc.subjectPharmaceutical securityen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titlePharmaceutical security in South Africa: law and medical geopoliticsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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