How the pandemic shapes the public health response - The case of HIV/AIDS in Brazil

Abstract

The world wide HIV/AIDS epidemic has been marked by a few notable successes at the national level. These have included Thailand's 100% Condom Campaign, Senegal's social marketing of condoms, Uganda's ABC Program and Brazil's provision of universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) access. As the struggle to roll out comprehensive coverage of ART unfolds, Brazil's process can provide a model for middle income countries and can identify for low income countries structural elements which have been essential to establishing a system of widespread care and prevention. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008.