Historical Organization
Ministry of Health of Brazil
Ministry of Health of Brazil
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Organization Timeline
Brazil issues a compulsory licence for efavirenz
📅 4 May 2007A government decree enabled import or production of lower-cost versions of the HIV medicine.
HIV treatment costs enter a patent debate
📅 4 May 2007The efavirenz decision aimed to protect affordable access within Brazil’s treatment programme.
A state uses a public-interest medicines tool
📅 4 May 2007Compulsory licensing allowed use of a patented medicine under conditions set by law.
Access to antiretroviral therapy drives policy
📅 4 May 2007The measure concerned efavirenz specifically and did not remove patent protection for every medicine.
WHO validates Brazil’s filariasis elimination
📅 1 October 2024Brazil eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.
Brazilian health teams tackle a parasitic disease
📅 1 October 2024Public health action and monitoring reduced transmission in previously affected places.
Filariasis control adds a Latin American milestone
📅 1 October 2024The validation recognized sustained work by Brazilian services and communities.
WHO applies an elimination threshold
📅 1 October 2024Elimination as a public health problem does not rule out future imported infection.
WHO validates Brazil’s mother-to-child HIV milestone
📅 18 December 2025Brazil met the criteria for eliminating vertical transmission of HIV as a public health problem.
Prenatal HIV services protect children
📅 18 December 2025Testing and timely treatment during pregnancy supported Brazil’s validation.
Brazil uses local evidence for national validation
📅 18 December 2025The national approach built on certification in states and large municipalities.
Validation has a precise public health meaning
📅 18 December 2025It recognizes sustained targets; it does not claim that future transmission is impossible.