Antiretroviral manufacturers and the challenge of universal access to drugs through the Brazilian National STD/AIDS Program As empresas produtoras de anti-retrovirais e o desafio do acesso universal aos medicamentos do Programa Nacional de DST e AIDS

• Main Authors: Regina Ferro do Lago (Author), Nilson do Rosário Costa (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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This article describes the antiretroviral (ARV) manufacturing market in Brazil and contextualizes the challenges for the public policy of supplying ARVs through the National STD/AIDS Program. Increasing expenditure on these drugs is the main source of uncertainty for the policy's future. Brazil...