Cancer Care in Pandemic Times: Building Inclusive Local Health Security in Africa and India

Geoffrey Banda is Senior Lecturer, Science Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) Department, University of Edinburgh, UKMaureen Mackintosh is Emeritus Professor of Economics, Open University, UKMercy Karimi Njeru is Research Scientist, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya.Smita Srinivas is Founder, the Technological Change Lab and holds Visiting and Honorary Professorial appointments at the OU and UCL.Fortunata Songora Makene is Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania.

• Part 1    cancer in pandemic times.- Chapter 1 - the cancer care challenge in the light of pandemic experience.- Chapter 2 - broken supply chains and local manufacturing innovation: responses to covid-19 and their implications for policy.- Part 2    the cancer care experience in east Africa.- Chapter 3 - the social pain of cancer in east africa: understanding need.- Chapter 4: access to cancer care: navigating the maze.- Chapter 5 - beyond ‘late presentation’: explaining delayed cancer diagnosis in east Africa.- Part 3    local industry and cancer care in india and east Africa.- Chapter 6 - cupboard full, cupboard empty: the industrial building blocks of covid-19 and cancer systems.- Chapter 7- manufacturing for cancer care in east africa: raising the ambition.- Chapter 8 - oncology drug production in sub-saharan africa: the challenge and opportunity, with evidence from india.- Part 4 - industrial innovation and industrial policy.- Chapter 9- emerging business models in cancer diagnostic startups in india and lessons for african countries.- Chapter 10 - realistic ambitions: technology transfer for biologics platform technologies.- Chapter 11 - palliation economics: the industrial organization of morphine in india.- Part 5 - tackling institutional gaps: using scenarios.- Chapter 12 innovation and policy in cancer pain management: systemic interactions in Tanzania.- Chapter 13 - using scenarios to support innovation and mutual linkages.- Chapter 14- conclusion: better cancer care and greater local health security: lessons, opportunities and ways forward.