Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy

by Kia Lilly Caldwell

Brazil's leadership role in the fight against HIV has brought its public health system widespread praise. But the nation still faces serious health challenges and inequities. Though home to the world's second largest African-descendant population, Brazil failed to address many of its public health issues that disproportionately impact Afro-Brazilian women and men. Kia Lilly Caldwell draws on twenty years of engagement with activists, issues, and policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252082478
• ISBN13: 9780252082474
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"