2005
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2004.054593
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A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned for Controlling and Mitigating the Epidemic in Developing Countries

Abstract: The Brazilian National AIDS Program is widely recognized as the leading example of an integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment program in a developing country. We critically analyze the Brazilian experience, distinguishing those elements that are unique to Brazil from the programmatic and policy decisions that can aid the development of similar programs in other low-and middleincome and developing countries.Among the critical issues that are discussed are human rights and solidarity, the interface o… Show more

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“…In the 1990s, ART was indicated only when people showed signs related to AIDS or when their levels of CD4 + T lymphocytes were below 200/mm 3 , and now ART is indicated for anyone who is infected by HIV, regardless of their symptomatology or degree of immunosuppression. In Brazil, since the mid-1990s, free access to HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment has been established through the Brazilian Unified Health System (acronym in Portuguese -SUS), with relevant impact in public policies for the treatment of the disease 4 . Since then, the country has followed the worldwide trend of testing for HIV/AIDS and treating it as early as possible.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the 1990s, ART was indicated only when people showed signs related to AIDS or when their levels of CD4 + T lymphocytes were below 200/mm 3 , and now ART is indicated for anyone who is infected by HIV, regardless of their symptomatology or degree of immunosuppression. In Brazil, since the mid-1990s, free access to HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment has been established through the Brazilian Unified Health System (acronym in Portuguese -SUS), with relevant impact in public policies for the treatment of the disease 4 . Since then, the country has followed the worldwide trend of testing for HIV/AIDS and treating it as early as possible.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Este artigo discutirá uma proposta de intervenção, nomeada de "Abordagem Construcionista do Cuidado em Adesão" (ACCA), fundamentada em outro campo teórico: na noção de "Cuidado" 2 (Ayres, 2001(Ayres, , 2004 e em uma abordagem psicossocial de inspiração construcionista (Paiva, 2012b), ambas desenvolvidas no quadro dos direitos humanos em saúde que tem distinguido a chamada "resposta brasileira à Aids" (Berkman, Garcia, Munoz-Laboy, Paiva, & Parker, 2005;Gruskin & Tarantola, 2008;Kalichman & Diniz, 2009).…”
Section: Intervención En Adhesión Basada En El Abordaje Construccioniunclassified
“…Internacionalmente elogiada por haber ampliado el enfoque individualista, tomando en cuenta el contexto social y la adopción de políti-cas desde la perspectiva de la protección y promoción de los derechos humanos, la "respuesta brasileña al SIDA", un conjunto de programas y prácticas pioneros organizados desde los 1980s, fue renovadora (Berkman, Garcia, Muñoz--Laboy, Paiva, & Parker, 2005;Kerrigan et al, 2013;Nunn, da Fonseca, Bastos, & Gruskin, 2009;Paiva, 2002). Algunos autores hablan de lo cuanto dependía de la coordinación activa entre los investigadores, del gobierno y la sociedad civil que organizaron intervenciones estructurales e institucionales, antes de la existencia del SUS (Sistema Único de Salud), como se puede leer en el artículo sobre la respuesta religiosa en este suplemento.…”
Section: Social Psychology and Health: Socio-psychological Or Psychosunclassified
“…La producción rigorosa de información precisa que, al mismo tiempo que sigue a través de la ciencia las varias dimensiones de la epidemia, cuenta con la participación de las personas directamente afectadas por el SIDA, algo que la distingue de las respuestas a varias otras enfermedades endémicas en Brasil. Su éxito más notable fue la organización de una red de servicios de salud articulados al nivel intersectorial guiados por los principios del SUS, han ofrecido el acceso gratuito y universal a las pruebas del VIH y el tratamiento integral a las personas diagnosticadas con VIH, así como la prevención centrada en el uso del condón (Berkman et al, 2005;Greco & Simon, 2007;Malta & Beyrer, 2013;Paiva, 2002).…”
Section: Social Psychology and Health: Socio-psychological Or Psychosunclassified