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Elementos psicossociais para compreender o Nordeste

O presente artigo tem como objetivo principal colocar em debate, no âmbito da Psicologia, questões referentes à realidade de subdesenvolvimento, tendo como exemplo o Nordeste do Brasil. A partir dos trabalhos de estudiosos que incluem, entre outros, Josué de Castro, Paulo Freire e Martín Baró levan...

Global health goverance, intellectual property and access to essential mediciens: opportunities and impediments for South-South Cooperation

Glob Health Gov; 4 (1), 2010
Intellectual property “rights,” in many complex ways, impede access to Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs in most developing countries with heavy burdens of AIDS-related mortality and morbidity. This article argues that developing countries that lack the necessary pharmaceutical capacity should exploit emer...

Business strategy and access to medicines in developing countries

Glob Health Gov; 4 (1), 2010
The availability of generic ARVs was important for the expansion of treatment in developing countries. This paper argues that it is therefore imperative to examine which factors have shaped generics companies’ decisions to supply these drugs. This will help us better understand the development of the g...

Barriers to equitable access to quality health information with emphasis on developing countries

This 9-page document, prepared for the Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions conference of 2008 in Bellagio, Italy, describes barriers in developing countries to access to quality health information. It discusses 8 main barriers to equitable access: connectivity, medical wri...