title: The emergence of global health partnerships as facilitators of access to medication in Africa: a narrative policy analysis.
abstract: Over the last decade global health partnerships (GHPs) have been formed to provide a better policy response to Africa's health problems. This paper uses narrative policy analysis to explain the historical processes and challenges facing national and global health policy in facilitating access to medication in African countries. An overview of the historical context of events leading to the creation of GHPs is followed by a content and context analysis of two GHPs - Roll Back Malaria partnership and the Accelerating Access Initiative. The historical narratives implicitly reflect the context in which policy decisions are produced and implemented. The deployment of GHPs in Africa reflects a convergence of the competing and conflicting narratives, in relating to strategies previously promoted by various multilateral and bilateral development agencies, international civil society organizations, and the private commercial industry to facilitate access to medication.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD, UK. ibxmzn@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael Zisuh
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ngoasong
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003906:Developing Countries; D004345:Drug Industry; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D033262:Narration; D055553:Prescription Drugs; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014480:United Nations
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D055553:Prescription Drugs