The Lancet
May 08, 2010  Volume 375  Number 9726  Pages 1579 – 1664
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

World Report
Tide turns for drug manufacturing in Africa
Tatum Anderson

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With several efforts underway to increase the local production of drugs in developing countries, Tatum Anderson assesses the pros and cons of manufacturing medicines in Africa.A drugs producer in Uganda has become the first in a least developed country (LDC)—a category reserved for the world’s poorest nations—to achieve a world-class seal of quality for its manufacturing standards.