Mature democracy, holistic policy: a comparative study of the effects of national polity on the HIV/AIDS policies of India and Nepal

<p></p> <p>Knowledge about the political determinants of public health policies in low-income and middle-income countries remains scarce. The aim of this study was to research this topic by comparing the effects of political systems of two South Asian countries, India and Nepal, on the goals of their first national HIV/AIDS policies.