The need for a functional pharmaceutical industry in Sierra Leone: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Eugene Conteh (Author), Melody Okereke (Author), Foday Umaro Turay (Author), Alhaji Sununu Bah (Author), Abdulwasiu Muhsinah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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With an estimated population of 8.3 million, Sierra Leone has no existing pharmaceutical manufacturing company at present. The recent COVID-19 pandemic brought to the limelight the fragility and weakness of the Sierra Leonean pharmaceutical industry as it resulted in severe drug shortages and medici...