Pharmaceutical Autonomy and Public Health in Latin America - 9781138314351

Taylor & Francis

Pharmaceutical Autonomy and Public Health in Latin AmericaState, Society and Industry in Brazils AIDS Program\nAuthor(s): Matthew B. Flynn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138314351, 978-1138314351\nSynopsis\nBrazil has occupied a central role in the access to medicines movement, especially with respect to drugs used to treat those with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). How and why Brazil succeeded in overcoming powerful political and economic interests, both at home and abroad, to roll-out and sustain treatment represents an intellectual puzzle.\n\nIn this book, Matthew Flynn traces the numerous challenges Brazil faced in its efforts to provide essential medicines to all of its citizens. Using dependency theory, state theory, and moral underpinnings of markets, Flynn delves deeper into the salient factors contributing to Brazils successes and weak.