How Brazil outpaced the United States when it came to AIDS: The politics of civic infiltration, reputation, and strategic internationalization

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-352

  Gómez, Eduardo J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANIZATIONS; POLITICS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956223305     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-1222739     Document Type: Article

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