“Zero infections. Zero deaths. Zero stigma.”

By Nicole D. Laborde, Matthew Spinelli and Ryan Whitacre

This article is part of the series: A 'Critically Applied' Approach to PrEP

The UNAIDS mission of “Getting to Zero” is supported by three key goals: “Zero infections. Zero deaths. Zero stigma.” By taking up this mission, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) increased its dedication to ending the epidemic. DPH aims to realize these goals by expanding access to PrEP, ensuring RAPID (Rapid ART Program for HIV Diagnoses) linkage to …

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April 22, 2019

A ‘Critically Applied’ Approach to PrEP: Introduction

By Ryan Whitacre

This article is part of the series: A 'Critically Applied' Approach to PrEP

This series has two aims. The first is to deepen anthropological engagement with a novel biomedical technology to prevent HIV. The second is to help bridge the divide between ‘critical’ and ‘applied’ approaches in our discipline. Over the following months we will publish a series of articles that work toward these joint goals. To introduce this series I begin with …

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“Zero infections. Zero deaths. Zero stigma.”

A ‘Critically Applied’ Approach to PrEP: Introduction