AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Jun 2, 2005
A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned for Controlling and Mitigating the Epidemic in Developing Countries
Alan Berkman, MD,
Jonathan Garcia, BA,
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, DrPH,
Vera Paiva, PhD and
Richard Parker, PhD
The authors are with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences and the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, and the International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Alan Berkman is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Vera Paiva is also with NEPAIDS, the Nucleus for AIDS Prevention Studies, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Vera Paiva and Richard Parker are also with the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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FIGURE 1— Percentage of AIDS cases by type of transmission and year of diagnosis: Brazil, 19802003.
Source. National AIDS Program, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Note. Notified cases up to December 31, 2003.
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FIGURE 2— Gender ratio (male to female) of notified AIDS cases: Brazil, 19852002.
Source. National AIDS Program, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
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FIGURE 3— Percentage of AIDS cases among those aged 19 years and older, by level of education: Brazil, 19852002.
Source. National AIDS Program, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
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FIGURE 4— Number of AIDS cases and incidence rate, by year of diagnosis: Brazil, 19922003.
Source. National AIDS Program, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Note. Notified cases up to December 31, 2003.
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FIGURE 5— AIDS mortality rate, by gender: Brazil, 19842002.
Source. National AIDS Program, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
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