1. Resposta à aids no Brasil: contribuições dos movimentos sociais e da reforma sanitária.
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Grangeiro, Alexandre, da Silva, Lindinalva Laurindo, and Teixeira, Paulo Roberto
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PUBLIC health , *HEALTH policy , *AIDS , *EPIDEMICS , *SOCIAL movements , *SOCIAL criticism , *MEDICAL care - Abstract
This paper briefly outlines how the political scenario and the mobilization of different actors have contributed to the construction of a public health policy in response to the AIDS epidemics in Brazil. Three factors are presented and discussed: the political context of the 1980s, characterized by redemocratization, growth of social movements, and consolidation of the Brazilian health care reform; the socio-cultural context of the 1970s and 1980s, characterized by achievement of individual freedom, which was key to the organization of the AIDS movement; and finally the actions carried out in the international scenario to support the sustainability of the Brazilian domestic policy and the reinforcement of a global response to face the epidemics in lower-middle income economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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