title: Health technologies for the developing world. Promoting self-reliance through improving local procurement and manufacturing capabilities.
abstract: To reduce their dependency on donors or the international currency costs of essential health care products, developing countries are building or improving capability for local manufacturing or competitive international procurement. Through long-term strategic planning, public/private partnerships, collaboration with firms in industrialized nations, and farsighted donor policies, the capacity for alternative supply can be increased in stages from importation through local processing and packaging to full production and multiproduct enterprises.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Free
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Morrow
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003906:Developing Countries; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D007391:International Cooperation; D007449:Investments; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017150:Public Sector; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical