A critical analysis of the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS: lessons learned for controlling and mitigating the epidemic in developing countries.
Am J Public Health
; 95(7): 1162-72, 2005 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15933232
ABSTRACT
The Brazilian National AIDS Program is widely recognized as the leading example of an integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment program in a developing country. We critically analyze the Brazilian experience, distinguishing those elements that are unique to Brazil from the programmatic and policy decisions that can aid the development of similar programs in other low- and middle-income and developing countries.Among the critical issues that are discussed are human rights and solidarity, the interface of politics and public health, sexuality and culture, the integration of prevention and treatment, the transition from an epidemic rooted among men who have sex with men to one that increasingly affects women, and special prevention and treatment programs for injection drug users.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Health
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Developing Countries
Type of study:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Public Health
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
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