Changing global essential medicines norms to improve access to AIDS treatment: Lessons from Brazil

Global Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-149

  Nunn, A ^a   Fonseca, E Da ^b,c   Gruskin, S ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; AIDS; Brazil; Drugs; Essential medicines; HIV; Human rights; Trade; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG UTILIZATION; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PATENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BRAZIL; COMMERCE; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV-1; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 68449091292     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690802684067     Document Type: Article

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