The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil

• Main Author: Nunn, Amy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Health administration.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine > History.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Health Administration.; History of Medicine.

The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil Amy Nunn, Center for AIDS Research, Brown University Medical School, Providence In 1992, the World Bank warned that Brazil would face enormous challenges confronting the AIDS crisis, and forecast that Brazil would have 1.2 million people living wi...

Table of Contents:

• The AIDS Crisis and Democratization in Brazil
• Democratization and Institutional Precursors to AIDS Treatment in Brazil
• Development of Brazil’s First AIDS Treatment Institutions in a New Democracy
• Legislative Reforms and AIDS Treatment in the 1990s
• Development of Brazil’s Contemporary AIDS Treatment Institutions
• Brazil’s Contributions to Global Essential Medicines Institutions
• Conclusion.