1. Crafting AIDS policy in Brazil and Russia: State-civil societal ties, institutionalised morals, and foreign policy aspiration.
- Author
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Gómez EJ
- Subjects
- Anti-HIV Agents economics, Brazil epidemiology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Drug Users statistics & numerical data, Female, Financing, Government standards, Financing, Government trends, HIV Infections drug therapy, HIV Infections epidemiology, HIV Infections prevention & control, Health Policy trends, Homosexuality, Male statistics & numerical data, Humans, Incidence, International Agencies economics, International Agencies trends, International Cooperation, Male, National Health Programs organization & administration, National Health Programs trends, Politics, Russia epidemiology, Social Discrimination legislation & jurisprudence, Social Discrimination trends, Anti-HIV Agents supply & distribution, HIV Infections economics, Health Policy economics, National Health Programs economics, Social Discrimination economics
- Abstract
During the 1990s, Brazil and Russia diverged in their policy response to AIDS. This is puzzling considering that both nations were globally integrated emerging economies transitioning to democracy. This article examines to what extent international pressures and partnerships with multilateral donors motivated these governments to increase and sustain federal spending and policy reforms. Contrary to this literature, the cases of Brazil and Russia suggest that these external factors were not important in achieving these outcomes. Furthermore, it is argued that Brazil's policy response was eventually stronger than Russia's and that it had more to do with domestic political and social factors: specifically, AIDS officials' efforts to cultivate a strong partnership with NGOs, the absence of officials' moral discriminatory outlook towards the AIDS community, and the government's interest in using policy reform as a means to bolster its international reputation in health.
- Published
- 2016
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