Du clandestin à l'officieux. Les réseaux de vente illicite des médicaments au Sénégal

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ID3606477
AuthorsD Fassin (0000-0002-7684-2410, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume25
Issue98
Pages161-177
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/cea.1985.1746
OpenAlexW2090797354
LanguageFR
Citations received22
References cited2

D. Fassin - Front Clandestine to Unofficial : Illicit Dealings in Medicines on Sene-galese Markets. The recent development of an illicit trade in medicines in African towns leads to wonder why a society generates and tolerates illegal practices in order to solve its health problems. A study of the sale of medicines on the markets in Pikine, a suburb of Dakar, provides a double answer. On the one hand, the public author-ities are unable to ensure economie access to medicines for the urban poor: hence the multiplication of illicit outlets where drugs are retailed at a lower price. On the other hand, the supply networks and the dealers' training are controlled by the powerful Murid brotherhood whose close political connection with the State authorities hinders officiai intervention. This results in a policy which, in spite of officiai denunciations, alternates passive toleration with casual repression

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