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Civil Society Organizations and Brazilian South-South AIDS Cooperation

Exploring the implications of globalization for AIDS governance, this paper examines the Brazilian National AIDS Program, which is considered one of the foremost "success stories" in the world, combining educational programs, prevention, and free universal distribution of antiretroviral therapy. I scrutinize the different roles of the state, civil society, and the pharmaceutical industry and put special emphasis on the emergence of south-south cooperation, both by the government and by civil society organizations since Brazilian AIDS Governance is embedded in a global context. Globalization has opened considerable possibilities for civil society organizations to engage directly with realms beyond the state, thus several newly created south-south partnerships are evaluated. Further, the paper discusses civil society organizations from the standpoint of whether they live up to the expectations that underpin their political and democratic legitimacy.