Pills for the Poorest: An Exploration of TRIPS and Access to Medication in Sub-Saharan Africa

The desperate need for a vast part of the global population to access better medicines in more certain ways is one of the biggest concerns of the modern era.

Pills for the Poorest offers a new perspective on the much-debated issue of the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using ethnographic case studies in Djibouti and Ghana, and insights from actor-network theory, it explores the ways in which TRIPs and pharmaceutical patents are translated in the daily practices...