@incollection{fdi:010084098,
  title = {{D}istribution and access to medicines : role of the pharmacist monopoly},
  author = {{B}axerres, {C}arine and {K}patchavi, {A}.{C}. and {A}rhinful, {D}.{K}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {S}tates of the world, whether in the "{N}orth" or the "{S}outh", use a variety of mechanisms to regulate pharmaceutical distribution. {T}hese mechanisms are built around the issue of the pharmacist's monopoly, granted by the {S}tate, and the scope of this monopoly, which varies by country. {T}hrough this chapter, we examine this monopoly and the consequences of the different ways it is applied to retail and wholesale distribution in {B}enin and {G}hana as a result of the institutional and legal legacies of their former colonial powers: existence of a large informal market in {B}enin, sale of therapeutic classes exceeding those authorized in drugstores in {G}hana, wide distribution by wholesalers in {G}hana including to unauthorized buyers. {T}he need to dissect the different applications (professional, dispensing, ownership) of this monopoly will appear, as will the need to consider the tensions between profession and capital, between public health and trade. {T}hese reflections will finally be discussed in relation to the changes currently underway in terms of pharmaceutical policies in {W}est {A}frica.},
  keywords = {{BENIN} ; {GHANA} ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {{U}nderstanding drugs markets : an analysis of medicines, regulations and pharmaceutical systems in the {G}lobal {S}outh},
  numero = {},
  pages = {72--93},
  address = {{O}xon ({GBR}) ; {N}ew-{Y}ork},
  publisher = {{R}outledge},
  series = {{R}outledge {S}tudies in the {S}ociology of {H}ealth and {I}llness},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.4324/9780429329517-3},
  ISBN = {978-1-03-204313-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084098},
}