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Will to Live tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies--a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry. But anthropologist João Biehl also tells why this policy, hailed as a model worldwide, has been so difficult to implement among poor Brazilians with HIV/AIDS, who are often stigmatized as noncompliant or untreatable, becoming invisible to the public. More broadly, Biehl examines the political economy of pharmaceuticals that lies behind large-scale treatment rollouts, revealing the possibilities and inequalities...
A book with participation of: Lucia Santaella (Forewords) Ana Tereza Brandão Carlos Augusto M. da Nóbrega Carlos Henrique Paulino Carlos Henrique Rezende Falci Casey Reas Cátia Rodrigues Barbosa Celina Figueiredo Lage Débora Aita Gasparetto Francisco Carlos de Carvalho Marinho Helena Barranha Ítalo Travenzoli Izabela Marcolino Carvalho Costa João Victor Boechat Gomide José Ricardo da Costa Miranda Júnior Jussi Parikka Lynn Alves Lucia Dossin Marcelo Franco Porto Margreet Riphagen Maria Luiza P. G. Fragoso Marinah R. C. Ribeiro Miriam Rasch Nara Cristina Santos Pablo Gobira Regina Mota Renata Maria Abrantes Baracho Rogério Barbosa da Silva Suzete Venturelli Tadeus Muce...