[Ip-health] AIDS Treatment in Brazil: Impacts and Challenges

[Elize Massard]

Brazil?s accomplishments in treating AIDS are unprecedented and
have profoundly influenced global AIDS and health policy.

By Amy Stewart Nunn, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Francisco I. Bastos,
and Sofia Gruskin

Health Affairs 28, no. 4 (2009): 1103?1113

ABSTRACT: Brazil has one of the developing world?s largest, and
arguably most successful, AIDS treatment programs. In this paper we
review the treatment program, including controversial policies that
Brazil has used to promote widespread local and global access to AIDS
treatment. We also examine the lessons learned from this program and
highlight the challenges Brazil faces, including the rising costs of
AIDS treatment and changes in donors? funding priorities. Finally, we
explore the relevance of Brazil?s treatment program for other
countries and its broad implications for global AIDS and health policy.

Press Release link:
http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2009/07/brazil



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