Logics of acquiring medicines from informal retailers in four African countries
These findings suggest that the informal medicine market is segmented and complex, and that patronage is driven by multiple logics that are rooted in gaps in formal healthcare provision. Regulatory measures therefore need to go hand-in-hand with efforts to address these gaps and expand effective access to quality-assured medicines through [inter alia] offering more flexible modes of payment, reducing public-sector medicine stock-outs, and improving patient-physician trust and communication.
Authors
- Simon Mariwah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0803-9746)
- Rutendo Kuwana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0005-4562)
- Victor I. Kolo
- Kate Hampshire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4184-849X)
- Ahmed Vandi
- Samuel Asiedu Owusu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9249-6036)
- Janelle Wagnild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3933-6380)
- Babatunde Jayeola
- Didacus B. Namanya
Institutions
- World Health Organization - Pakistan (PK)
- University of Cape Coast (GH)
- Durham University (GB)
- Njala University (SL)
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
- University of Medical Sciences, Ondo
- Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Action
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2574764
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00