Email this Webcast Related Links Webcast: "A kaisernetwork.org interview with Dr. Paulo Teixeira, director of the national STD/AIDS Programme of Brazil's Ministry of Health" UNAIDS Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Brazil: 2002 Update Country Focus: HIV/AIDS in Brazil "Brazilian National AIDS Program Receives 2003 Gates Award for Global Health" "AIDS: How Brazil Turned the Tide" Brazil's National STD/AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health "Look at Brazil: Patent laws are malleable. Patients are educable. Drug companies are vincible. The world's AIDS crisis is solvable." "Brazil: A Model Response to AIDS?" HIV/AIDS in Brazil  11/21/2003 with Susan Dentzer This video feature is the third in a series of spotlights from kaisernetwork.org on local efforts around the world to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Watch our video features on Haiti and India. Our report—prepared by Susan Dentzer, also a health correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer—features interviews with people who are on frontlines of Brazil's efforts. View Webcast ( video ) ( transcript ) CONTEXT OF THE EPIDEMIC 610,000: Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2001. 220,000: Estimated number of women living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2001. 13,000: Estimated number of children living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2001. 8,400: Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS during 2001. 130,000: Estimated number of children who have lost their mother or father or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under the age of 15. (2001) 176,029,560: Population of Brazil (July 2002 est.) Sources: UNAIDS/WHO Epidemiological Fact Sheet on Brazil: 2002 Update; CIA World Factbook Sign up for email alerts and stay informed about upcoming HealthCasts, and the latest health policy issues, news, and events. Not sure if your computer is set up to view a HealthCast? For technical support on this or other issues: Consult our Frequently Asked Questions or How to View. Contact us by email with any comments, problems, suggestions. Call the kaisernetwork.org Help Desk at 202-347-5270. Change Your Video Preferences ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... About Us     Privacy Policy      Help      Site Map