The paper focuses on the market of pharmaceuticals, local and imported. It has to be viewed as a complex phenomenon, which includes the western, traditional and religious drugs. The three arenas are not independent of one another. In fact, they are interrelated in a system, which is shaped by social forces and rooted in history. The analysis must not elude these dimensions and the following questions will be addressed: what are, both at private and public levels, the politics of distribution of western pharmaceuticals? How do the charity organizations and NGO policies affect the distribution models? How do people use it in facing the major infectious diseases? How are western pharmaceuticals perceived and used? What are the relationships among western, religious and traditional drugs? The paper will attempt to answer these questions.
Pharmaceuticals, Traditional Drugs, and Holy Waters in Tigray: Policies, Strategies, and Actors
Pino Schirripa
2015-01-01
Abstract
The paper focuses on the market of pharmaceuticals, local and imported. It has to be viewed as a complex phenomenon, which includes the western, traditional and religious drugs. The three arenas are not independent of one another. In fact, they are interrelated in a system, which is shaped by social forces and rooted in history. The analysis must not elude these dimensions and the following questions will be addressed: what are, both at private and public levels, the politics of distribution of western pharmaceuticals? How do the charity organizations and NGO policies affect the distribution models? How do people use it in facing the major infectious diseases? How are western pharmaceuticals perceived and used? What are the relationships among western, religious and traditional drugs? The paper will attempt to answer these questions.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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