BONVALET, Perrine

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BONVALET, Perrine
Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM]

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2013-06-27, Lisbonne.

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Doctors specialized in AIDS care play a central role in AIDS care policy making in Benin. Not only are they mobilized as experts in therapeutic protocol and policy building but they also occupy most of the key positions in AIDS institutions in the country. Going further than previous works on the central role of bio-medical oligarchies in AIDS policy-making in Africa, this contribution would like to analyze the activist stand that they defend from within institutions they work for. Involved in a transnational professional network diffusing a particular view of the AIDS epidemic at the national level, they advocate for better care through access to technologies available in Western countries. Their "neutral" position as recognized experts provides them with a unique opportunity to push for solutions that are technical in appearance and activist by nature. They thus contribute to maintaining the "exceptionalist" building of the AIDS field and its stand within the health sector in Benin. This paper therefore aims at analyzing the diffusion mechanisms of this construction of AIDS care among AIDS specialists in Benin and how these AIDS experts develop this "institutional activism".< Réduire

Mots clés

Sida

Politique de santé

Politique publique

Experts

Développement

Aide internationale.Bénin

Afrique

Mots clés en anglais

AIDS

Health policy

Public policy

Development

International aid

Benin

Africa

Origine

Importé de hal

Unités de recherche

Les Afriques dans le monde (LAM) - UMR 5115