Arachu Castro

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Understanding and addressing AIDS-related stigma: from anthropological theory to clinical practice in Haiti
    Arachu Castro
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:53-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Adherence to antiretroviral therapy: merging the clinical and social course of AIDS
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    PLoS Med 2:e338. 2005
  3. ncbi Access to generic antiretrovirals: inequality, intellectual property law, and international trade agreements
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cad Saude Publica 23:S85-96. 2007
  4. ncbi Sexuality, reproduction, and HIV in women: the impact of antiretroviral therapy in elective pregnancies in Cuba
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AIDS 21:S49-54. 2007
  5. ncbi In and out: user fees and other unfortunate events during hospital admission and discharge
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, U S A
    Cad Saude Publica 24:1174-8. 2008
  6. ncbi How do intellectual property law and international trade agreements affect access to antiretroviral therapy?
    Michael Westerhaus
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    PLoS Med 3:e332. 2006
  7. ncbi Experiences of stigma and access to HAART in children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil
    César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero
    Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
    Soc Sci Med 62:1219-28. 2006
  8. ncbi Infectious disease in Haiti. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and social inequalities
    Arachu Castro
    Instructor in Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, USA
    EMBO Rep 4:S20-3. 2003
  9. ncbi HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: but is AIDS-related stigma understood?
    Arachu Castro
    PLoS Med 4:e53; author reply e44. 2007

Collaborators

  • Paul Farmer
  • Michael Westerhaus
  • César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Understanding and addressing AIDS-related stigma: from anthropological theory to clinical practice in Haiti
    Arachu Castro
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:53-9. 2005
    ..Rather than stigma, logistic and economic barriers determine who will access such services. Implications for scale-up of integrated AIDS prevention and care are explored...
  2. ncbi Adherence to antiretroviral therapy: merging the clinical and social course of AIDS
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    PLoS Med 2:e338. 2005
  3. ncbi Access to generic antiretrovirals: inequality, intellectual property law, and international trade agreements
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cad Saude Publica 23:S85-96. 2007
    ..Finally, we examine advocacy successes in challenging patent law and conclude that greater advocacy and policy strategies are needed to ensure the protection of global health in trade negotiations...
  4. ncbi Sexuality, reproduction, and HIV in women: the impact of antiretroviral therapy in elective pregnancies in Cuba
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AIDS 21:S49-54. 2007
    ..The objective of the study was to explore how the provision of ART free at point of delivery to all clinically indicated patients might be related to the rapid increase in pregnancies in HIV-positive women...
  5. ncbi In and out: user fees and other unfortunate events during hospital admission and discharge
    Arachu Castro
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, U S A
    Cad Saude Publica 24:1174-8. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi How do intellectual property law and international trade agreements affect access to antiretroviral therapy?
    Michael Westerhaus
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    PLoS Med 3:e332. 2006
  7. ncbi Experiences of stigma and access to HAART in children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil
    César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero
    Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
    Soc Sci Med 62:1219-28. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Infectious disease in Haiti. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and social inequalities
    Arachu Castro
    Instructor in Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, USA
    EMBO Rep 4:S20-3. 2003
  9. ncbi HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: but is AIDS-related stigma understood?
    Arachu Castro
    PLoS Med 4:e53; author reply e44. 2007