ABSTRACT Indian engagement in East Africa’s health sector is multifaceted, comprehensive and involves national and subnational actors. It includes exports of low cost generics, building health infrastructure, aid, technical assistance and hosting medical tourists among others. This paper, based on extensive fieldwork conducted with multiple stakeholders in Kenya and Ethiopia, provides an overview of the various components of India’s co-operation in the East African health sector and identifies pharmaceutical manufacturing as a space for Indian actors to leverage their strengths. It focuses on two case studies of manufacturers: a third-generation company in Kenya owned by members of the Indian diaspora, and a newly formed subsidiary of an Indian corporation in Ethiopia. These case studies inform the larger debate on India’s health diplomacy on the continent and the myriad ways in which the Indian state as well as corporates can enhance existing co-operation.

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印度在东非的卫生外交：探索制药业的潜力

摘要 印度在东非卫生部门的参与是多方面的、综合性的，涉及国家和次国家行为者。它包括低成本仿制药的出口、建设卫生基础设施、援助、技术援助和接待医疗游客等。本文基于与肯尼亚和埃塞俄比亚的多个利益相关者进行的广泛实地调查，概述了印度在东非卫生部门合作的各个组成部分，并将制药制造确定为印度参与者利用其优势的空间。它侧重于制造商的两个案例研究：一家由印度侨民成员拥有的肯尼亚第三代公司，以及一家印度公司在埃塞俄比亚新成立的子公司。