Braiding Public Health and Human Rights: AIDS, Activism, and International Agencies in Brazil, 1987–1996

This article examines the emergence of a synergy that allowed the early development of what was once considered the best anti-AIDS program in the developing world. Initial responses to AIDS in Brazil during the 1980s and early 1990s were marked by a confrontation between activists concerned with hum...

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Published in:	Latin American research review 2023-03, Vol.58 (1), p.144-160
Main Authors:	Cueto, Marcos, Lopes, Gabriel
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	1980s (Decade) AD 1990s (Decade) AD Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Activism Activists Advocacy AIDS AIDS activists Banco Mundial Biomedicine Brasil Brazil Civil rights Conflict Congressional elections Constituency Developing countries Disease Donors Epidemics Ford Foundation Fundação Ford Governance Government Health officers HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Human resources Human rights Human rights workers Influence International aspects International cooperation International organizations LDCs Medical research Medicine Mortality Multilateralism Perceptions Philanthropy Political activism Political aspects Public administration Public health Public health administration Public officials Public-private sector cooperation Trustees World Bank
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Summary:	This article examines the emergence of a synergy that allowed the early development of what was once considered the best anti-AIDS program in the developing world. Initial responses to AIDS in Brazil during the 1980s and early 1990s were marked by a confrontation between activists concerned with human rights, and a government focusing on biomedical management of the epidemic. After 1992, activists, medical researchers, government officials, international donors like the Ford Foundation, health officers, and multilateral agencies like the World Bank were galvanized to cooperate. This was a complex process of braiding knowledge and practices related to activism, science, public health, governance and philanthropy in which each constituency maintained its independence. The result was a complex, holistic, and nuanced AIDS program. The process helped bridge the gap between knowledge and advocacy, generated public awareness, and was instrumental to reducing AIDS mortality developing local human resources and comprehensive policies.
ISSN:	1542-4278 0023-8791 1542-4278