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Sex, Drugs, and HIV/AIDS in Brazil (Hardcover)
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Brazil ranked second
only to the United States in the number of reported cases of AIDS.
Because Brazil's extensive poverty and inequality, its fragile
economic situation, and its limited network of health services, the
scarce prevention/intervention resources targeted only the most
visible at risk populations -- gay men, sailors, prostitutes, and
street children. Virtually forgotten were Brazil's hidden drug
users, as well as the tens of millions of individuals living in the
country's thousands of favelas, or shantytowns, which are a
characteristic part of almost every Brazilian city. In Sex, Drugs,
and HIV/AIDS in Brazil the authors examine the emergence of AIDS in
Brazil, its linkages to drug use and the sexual culture, and its
epidemiology in such populations as cocaine users, "street
children," and male transvestite prostitutes. Special attention is
focused on an HIV/AIDS community outreach program established in
Rio de Janeiro, which represented the first such
prevention/intervention program in all of Brazil targeting indigent
cocaine users. This 6-year initiative was funded by the U.S.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, and carried out by the authors of
this book. The research combines anthropological, sociological, and
biological perspectives; all data were gathered through empirical
and ethnographic techniques.
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