The political economy of HIV/AIDS in developing countries
Subtitle: TRIPS, public health systems, and free access
By: edited by Benjamin Coriat
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781848440777
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New antiretroviral treatments and post-2005 TRIPS constraints : first moves toward IP flexibilization in developing countries  -- Cristina d' Almeida, Lia Hasenclever, Gaëlle Krikorian, Fabienne Orsi, Cassandra Sweet and Benjamin Corait; title: New trends in IP protection and health issues in FTA negotiations  -- Gaelle Krikorian; title: Evolution of prices and quantities of ARV drugs in African countries: from emerging to strategic markets  -- Julien Chauveau, Constance Marie Meiners, Stéphane Luchini and Jean-Paul Moatti; title: The Brazilian experience of 'scaling-up' : a public policy approach  -- Guillaume Le Loup, Andreia Pereira de Assis, Maria Helena Costa-Couto, Jean-Claude Thoenig, Sonia Fleury, Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr. and Bernard Larouzé; title: Technology transfer agreements and access to HIV/AIDS drugs : the Brazilian case  -- Amélie Robine; title: Scaling-up and reverse engineering : acquisition of industrial knowledge by copying drugs in Brazil  -- Maurice Cassier and Marilena Correa; title: Compulsory licensing in the real world : the case of ARV drugs in Brazil  -- Cristina de Albuquerque Possas; title: HIV prevalence estimates : the new deal in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000  -- Joseph Larmarange -- Cost-effectiveness of HIV antiretroviral therapies in resource-limited settings / -- Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Caroline E. Sloan and Kenneth A. Freedberg; title: 'Fragility' : a macro-dynamic motive to offer quick and general access to ART in LDC  -- Bruno Ventelou, Yann Videau and Jean-Paul Moatti; title: Procurement policies, governance models and ARV availability in French-speaking African countries : an overview  -- Mamadou Camara, Cristina d'Almeida, Fabienne Orsi and Benjamin Coriat; title: The public health approach to antiretroviral treatment : the case of Cameroon  -- Sinata Koulla-Shiro and Eric Delaporte; title: The cost of universal free access for treating HIV/AIDS in low-income countries : the case of Senegal  -- Bernard Taverne, Karim Diop and Philippe Vinard; title: Implementing funding modalities for free access : the case for a 'purchasing fund system' to cover medical care for PLWHA -- Phippe Vinard, Karim Diop and Bernard Taverne.