I am writing a 25-page research paper for a graduate course in
political science called latin politics.  The paper is due the first
week of December.  I wanted to get your help so my time could be spent
on researching in the university library.  We can use results in other
languages that can be translated by Google.

My question is: With respect to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil, what
particular public policy initiatives have evolved in the last decade
for prevention and treatment?  In answering this question, you will
want to look at clientalism, patronage, relations between national
legislators and subnational governors and mayors, political parties,
presidentalism, pork barrel allotments, nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs), laws, and court decisions. I am trying to uncover any
differences in how treatment is handled in comparison with prevention.

Definitions: Presidentalim-the president is popularly elected and the
terms of office of both president and assembly are fixed.  How the
president and deputies coalesce determines the legislation and
allocation of policy and resources at the subnational level. 
Clientalism-the exchange of goods and services for votes, usually
within the poorer citizenry.  This practice shows how politics
intermingles with their daily lives.

Your search will turn up a lot of information on the social and
economic ramifications of the horrendous HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil. 
I will touch on this in my paper.  However, my emphasis is upon the
political arena.  This polity encompasses the laws, regulations, court
decisions, and public policies at the federal, state, and municipal
levels of government.  We also want to look at the ideology.  You will
find a huge amount of pork barrel politics because Brazil has a
fragmented party system.

---

Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 03 Oct 2004 23:22 PDT

Hi!

Just to make it clear, the main question here is that "With respect to
the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil, what particular public policy
initiatives have evolved in the last decade for prevention and
treatment?".

Do you require us answer this directly or you just want us to provide
you with resources about "AIDS Public Policy" in Brazil and you will
just read on them or use them as guide in your research?

Thanks!

---

Clarification of Question by publiuslex-ga on 04 Oct 2004 10:51 PDT

yes, excellent request.  I'm developing a thesis that treatment and
prevention are handled differently.  In Brazil, I am trying to
discover the who, where, why, and how of it.  You do not need to
provide the answer to the question.  The resources is what I am after.
 Professors like primary research although I know the internet is full
of secondary information.  In other words, they prefer a scholarly
journal article to the frontline story in the main Brazilian
newspaper.  However, secondary information can lead to primary
information and secondary information is good for interesting
footnotes.  There may be some primary information published by
official departments, ministries and agencies in Brazil.  These will
probably be in Portugease, but google will translate to English.  I
hope this helps.

---

Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 04 Oct 2004 17:22 PDT

Hi again!

Just to make sure, are you looking for a paper like this one.

"Legal responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil"
http://www.abiaids.org.br/media/artigoing15.pdf

In case I am on the correct path, how many papers do you require? I
have already acquired about 7 papers. Will this be enough?

Plus will bibliographic citations do as well even if we don't have the
article? Maybe you can look it up if it is available in the library
you frequently visit.

Thanks!

---

Clarification of Question by publiuslex-ga on 12 Oct 2004 20:11 PDT

The article you cited was printed by me.  It is a good reference.  I
need between 10-15.  If possible, it saves me time if the reference is
in full text online.  However, if it is not from an obscure source,
then I may be able to obtain it from the University of Houston or Rice
University libraries.  I will not have time to order it from out of
town libraries.

Thanks.

Hi! Thanks for the question.

Here are the resources I was able to find. I hope that they would be
good for your research.

Before providing a rating, please ask for clarification if you will
need further assistance in the answers I have provided.


?Legal responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil?
http://www.abiaids.org.br/media/artigoing15.pdf 

?Building the foundations for the response to HIV/AIDS in Brazil: the
development of HIV/AIDS policy, 1982 ? 1996?
http://www.abiaids.org.br/media/artigoing10.pdf

?Contracting Non-Governmental Organizations for HIV/AIDS: Brazil Case Study?
http://www.abtassoc.com/reports/sir30fin.pdf

?HIV/AIDS Control: The Brazilian Experience 1994 ? 1998?
http://www.br.undp.org/hiv/HIV%20AIDS%20Control%20-%20Brazilian%20Experience.pdf

?The Brazilian STD and AIDS Programme? (Click on the links to get to the topic)
http://www.br.undp.org/hiv/aidsprogramme.html 

?INVOLVING THE PRIVAT E S E C T O R I N H I V / A I D S
PREVENTION IN BRAZIL?
http://www.fhi.org/NR/rdonlyres/eifefcnnoqlzckypezyrszjozwty6w74ay6ax6h4lpmjxhe65d53os2nvm3uqpsjlih6ioigeitpqk/BestPracticesCase19.pdf

?Conceptual and Practical Approaches to HIV/AIDS: The Brazilian Experience?
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/articles/if131.pdf

?Drugs and AIDS: A case study from Brazil?
http://www.mrc.ac.za/urbanbulletin/june2000/drugs.htm 

?The Politics of AIDS: The Brazilian Case in Perspective?
http://www.nssa.us/nssajrnl/21-2/htm/03.htm

?The Potential Demand for an HIV/AIDS Vaccine in Brazil?
http://econ.worldbank.org/files/22734_wps2940.pdf 

?Brazil: A Modern Response to Aids??
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/aids/brazil/theprogram.html

?A Model for the World?
http://www.aumag.org/features/BrazilSeptember04.html 

?A summary discussion of the development of HIV/AIDS policy in Brazil?
http://www.mrc.ac.za/urbanbulletin/june2000/summary.htm 

?A Brazil?s Response to AIDS A Model for the South?
http://tcdc.undp.org/coopsouth/2003-2/CoopSouth_E-66-81.pdf


----------------------------
I really don?t know what can be found in the libraries you mentioned
but just the same, here are some papers you could look for in your
library.

Parker, R.G., Daniel, H.: Sexuality, Politics and AIDS in Brazil: In
Another World? London: The Falmer Press. 1993.

Parker, R.G.: A construção da solidariedade: AIDS, sexualidade, e
política no Brasil. [The Construction of Solidarity: AIDS, sexuality
and politics in Brazil]. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Relume-Dumará, 1994

Source: http://www.hivcenternyc.org/ppages/prparker_r.html 

**********

Braiterman, Jared. "Fighting AIDS in Brazil." Coming Out. Ed. S.
Likosky. New York:
Pantheon, 1990.295-307

Source: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/latinam/balder.html 


***********
MARQUES, M. C. da C.: ?Health and Power: The Political Emergence of
AIDS/HIV in Brazil?. História, Ciências, Saúde ? Manguinhos. vol. 9
(supplement): 41-65, 2002

Source: http://www.coc.fiocruz.br/hscience/vol9_sup/resumo2_ing.html 


**********
Biotechnology and the new politics of life and death in Brazil: the AIDS model
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12755106&dopt=Abstract


Search terms used:
Brazil politics political model response government public policy AIDS

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                 
Thanks for visiting us.                
                 
Regards,                 
Easterangel-ga                 
Google Answers Researcher

Looks good, although i have not read all the material yet.