A participação das organizações da sociedade civil no enfrentamento à AIDS: história da política no Estado do Amazonas

Abstract

This research analyzes the AIDS program in Amazonas State in a historical approach of local response and how the Community Based Organization contributes in its history. In this States many epidemiological studies have been doing about the epidemic, but there is a lack of knowledge about history, community mobilization and social control of the civil society. Using oral and documental sources it is presented three papers, each one addresses an specific objective. The first one presents the history of the STI/AIDS Local Program; the second address the mainly Community Based Organizations histories, and; the last one focus the contribution of the Community Based Organization in the local AIDS Program response. Together the papers come with new perspective to comprehend the local Program as a result of an historical process, political decisions and community mobilization and how its directions equally drives the civil society activism.