{"id":94,"date":"2006-03-09T02:19:09","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T07:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/2006\/03\/09\/politics-of-hivaids-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2006-03-09T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-09T07:19:09","slug":"politics-of-hivaids-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/2006\/03\/09\/politics-of-hivaids-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics of HIV\/AIDS in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An old article but topical to today’s discussion in Moses Hall (10.28.04<\/span>
\n\t\t\t– “Learning From Brazil: The Politics of Responding to HIV\/AIDS in Brazil, China, and India<\/a>“)<\/p>\n

\nWhen compared to some of the world’s largest nations, Brazil stands out
\nas perhaps the most effective example of how to respond to the HIV\/AIDS
\nepidemic. Since Brazil’s aggressive campaign against AIDS in the early
\n1990s, the number of mortality rates and infections has dissipated
\nquickly, highlighting the government and civil society’s successful
\ninvolvement in providing several preventive and medical treatment
\nprograms. And yet, when compared to Brazil, several of the world
\nlargest nations, such as China, India, Russia, and even the United
\nStates, continue to fall short of accomplishing the same objectives?
\nWhy is this the case? Why is Brazil so far ahead of its counterparts?<\/div>\n

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…Cardoso remarked that Brazil has defied expectations in its battle
\nagainst HIV\/AIDS. With its cultural diversity, history of poverty, and
\nrelatively new democracy, Brazil was able to bring the HIV\/AIDS
\nepidemic under control to the extent that it is now a role model for
\nother nations. Cardoso pointed out that the key to their success is to
\nmake the HIV\/AIDS patient become a protagonist and to remove the social
\nstigma from the disease. In the early 1990s, the Brazilian government
\nestablished strong links with civil societies and nongovernmental
\norganizations (NGOs) to cooperate in the effort. Also, Brazil lowered
\nthe cost of antiretroviral AIDS medication through local production of
\ngeneric drugs. Prevention was also an important part of the government
\ninitiative. The government utilized the media to communicate to the
\npublic the need for safe sex and for disseminating information about
\nHIV\/AIDS…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An old article but topical to today’s discussion in Moses Hall (10.28.04 – “Learning From Brazil: The Politics of Responding to HIV\/AIDS in Brazil, China, and India“) When compared to some of the world’s largest nations, Brazil stands out as perhaps the most effective example of how to respond to the HIV\/AIDS epidemic. Since Brazil’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}