A epidemia de HIV/Aids e a ação do Estado. Diferenças entre Brasil, África do Sul e Moçambique

Ana Cristina de Souza Vieira; Maria Solange Guerra Rocha; Judith Frances Head; Isabel Maria Alçada Padez Cortesão Casimiro

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and State Action, Differences between Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique

Authors

Ana Cristina de Souza Vieira UFPE - Recife - Pernambuco
Maria Solange Guerra Rocha UFPE - Recife - Pernambuco
Judith Frances Head University of Cape Town.
Isabel Maria Alçada Padez Cortesão Casimiro Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

This article discusses the actions of the state in relation to health policy for the prevention and treatment of people with HIV/AIDS, which was the focus of a study conducted in 2011 and 2012 that looked at three countries in the South-South axis: Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique, all of which are marked by income inequality and poverty, and by ongoing processes of the construction of citizenship. It used a dialectical-historical method to conduct a quantitative and qualitative study, which included an analysis of secondary data about epidemics, the socio-economic reality and healthcare policy in these countries. The fieldwork involved observation, focal groups and interviews at healthcare clinics in Recife, Cape Town and Maputo. It concludes that the concretization of the right to healthcare and to life has been made possible by the greater involvement of the state in guaranteeing services and distribution of antiretroviral medication, with more significant advances in Brazil than in the other countries.

Author Biographies

Ana Cristina de Souza Vieira, UFPE - Recife - Pernambuco

Doutora em Serviço Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Docente do Departamento de Serviço Social e da Pós-Graduação em Serviço Social, da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Maria Solange Guerra Rocha, UFPE - Recife - Pernambuco

Doutora em Serviço Social pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Pesquisadora associada do Departamento de Sociologia da University of Cape Town (UCT).

Judith Frances Head, University of Cape Town.

Pós-Doutora em Sociologia pela University of Durham (UK). Docente do Departamento de Sociologia da University of Cape Town (UCT).

Isabel Maria Alçada Padez Cortesão Casimiro, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade de Coimbra
Professora do Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM).

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Published

2014-12-03

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2014): Estado e política social: saúde

Section

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