Delivering essential medicines / edited by Amir Attaran and Brigitte Granville.

London : Chatham House, 2004.

Washington, DC : Distributed worldwide by Brookings Institution, 2004.

xvi, 192 pages : black and white illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Why do the poor lack access to essential medicines? / Louisiana Lush -- From health to wealth and back to health / Alexander S. Preker -- Responding to health crises : the frustrations of a small African country / Anne C. Conroy [and others] -- Economic regulatory frameworks for the pharmaceutical sector in middle-income countries / Jim Attridge and Rifat Atun -- Joint public-private initiatives and developing-country health systems / Annie Heaton -- Partnership for action : the experience of the accelerating access initiative, 2000-04, and lessons learned / Jeffrey L. Sturchio -- Non-profit drug distribution : the experience of the International Dispensary Association / Henk den Besten and Joseph Gonzi -- Understanding patents and out-licensing in the procurement of anti-retroviral medicines / Amir Attaran -- Who needs to do what? / Amir Attaran and Brigitte Granville. S. Preker -- Responding to health crises : the frustrations of a small African country / Anne C. Conroy [and others] -- Economic regulatory frameworks for the pharmaceutical sector in middle-income countries / Jim Attridge and Rifat Atun -- Joint public-private initiatives and developing-country health systems / Annie Heaton -- Partnership for action : the experience of the accelerating access initiative, 2000-04, and lessons learned / Jeffrey L. Sturchio -- Non-profit drug distribution : the experience of the International Dispensary Association / Henk den Besten and Joseph Gonzi -- Understanding patents and out-licensing in the procurement of anti-retroviral medicines / Amir Attaran -- Who needs to do what? / Amir Attaran and Brigitte Granville.