Access to medicines: a case study on the fufillment of Target 8.E from the Millennium Development Goals in three countries in Latin America and The Caribbean Region

• Grant number: 11/16603-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: October 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health
• Principal Investigator: Aurea Maria Zöllner Ianni
• Grantee: Mateus Falcao Martins Matos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Officialized in 2000 and distinguished themselves as one of the most important events in the international development agenda for the early 21st century, the Millennium Development Goals, organized by the United Nations, is a bold attempt to reduce social and economic disparities in all countries until the year 2015. Consisting of eight goals, seven of which mainly involve the commitment of developing countries, and the eighth goal that stands out requiring a greater commitment from developed countries. It is proposed, a case study to be conducted in three countries in Latin America and the Caribbean - Brazil, Cuba and Mexico. The Target 8.E eighth Goal, which is about access to essential medicines in developing countries, will be the subject of this research. It is intended to identify local initiatives encouraged by the promulgation of the goals, building up a comparative panorama of its development and deployment in these different countries. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MATOS, Mateus Falcao Martins. Access to medicines: a case study on the implementation of the Objective 8.E of the Millennium Development Goals in three countries in Latin. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) São Paulo.