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July 2005, Vol 95, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1110-1116
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.044313

HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS

Brazil and Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs: A Question of Human Rights and Public Health

Jane Galvão, PhD

At the time of the study, Jane Galvão was with the Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, and the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jane Galvão, PhD, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region, 120 Wall St, 9th Fl, New York, NY 10005-3902 (e-mail: jgalvao{at}ippfwhr.org).

I explore the relationship between public health and human rights by examining the Brazilian government’s policy of free and universal access to anti-retroviral medicines for people with HIV/AIDS.

The Brazilian government’s management of the HIV/AIDS epidemic arose from initiatives in both civil society and the governmental sector following the democratization of the country. The dismantling of authoritarian rule in Brazil was accompanied by a strong orientation toward human rights, which formed the sociopolitical framework of Brazil’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Even if the Brazilian experience cannot be easily transferred to other countries, the model of the Brazilian government’s response may nonetheless serve as inspiration for finding appropriate and lifesaving solutions in other national contexts.






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