Brazil: structuring cooperation for health

Early in the 21st century, Brazil entered the international scene with more determination and strength, positioning itself as a major actor, for instance, in the establishment of the World Trade Organization's Doha Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2011-05, Vol.377 (9779), p.1722-1723
Main Author: Buss, Paulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brazil
Developing Countries
Forecasting
Foreign policy
Global Health
Health Planning - trends
Health Policy - trends
Humans
Internal Medicine
International Cooperation
International organizations
International relations
National Health Programs - trends
Property rights
Public health
Studies
Sustainable development
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Summary:Early in the 21st century, Brazil entered the international scene with more determination and strength, positioning itself as a major actor, for instance, in the establishment of the World Trade Organization's Doha Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health (2001) and to WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (2003).2,3 Health was prominent in Brazilian foreign policy during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's (Lula's) administration (2003-10), not only because of the technical expertise generated by the originality of its universal, integral, and free health-care system, but also because of the general guidelines of Brazilian foreign policy, and the policy of the President, directed at strengthening South-South cooperation and prioritising South America and Africa.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60354-1