title: [Health and power: the political emergence of AIDS/HIV in Brazil].
abstract: This analysis of the construction of political responses to AIDS in Brazil is grounded on a study of the epidemic since its first appearance, against a backdrop formed by the recent history of Brazilian health policy, the period's emerging social movements, and data on AIDS/HIV evolution. Together with period documents, oral sources constitute a fundamental part of the research. The article sees official responses to AIDS from the time of the disease's political emergence in Brazil as evolving through different stages and eventually -- after some problems and not without certain limitations--becoming characterized first and foremost by society's participation.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR Brasil. mccmarques@uem.br
authors.forename: Maria Cristina da Costa
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000266:history*; D001938:Brazil; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011057:Politics