@article{26413,
      recid = {26413},
      author = {Coriat, Benjamin. and M. Camara,},
      title = {The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries  : TRIPS, Public Health Systems and Free Access.},
      pages = {352 pages :},
      abstract = {The issue of universal and free access to treatment is now  a fundamental goal of the international community. Based on  original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand,  India and Sub-Saharan Africa under the aegis of ANRS (the  French nationalagency for research on Aids and viral  hepatitis, this timely and significant book both assesses  the progress made in achieving this objective and presents  a rigorous diagnosis of the obstacles that remain.  Placing  particular emphasis on the constraints imposed by TRIPS as  well as the poor state of most public health systems in  Southern countries, the contributing authors provide a  comprehensive analysis of the huge barriers that have yet  to be overcome in order to attain free access to care and  offer innovative suggestions of how they might be  confronted. In doing this, the book renews our  understanding of the political economy of HIV/AIDS in these  vast regions, where the disease continues to spread with  devastating social and economic consequences.  This volume  will be a valuable addition to the current literature on  HIV/AIDS in developing countries and will find widespread  appeal amongst students and academics studying economics,  sociology and public health. It will also be of interest to  international organizations and professional associations  involved in the fight against pandemics.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/26413},
}