Dealing with the challenges of technological innovation in HIV prevention and treatment

Michael, Mike; Rosengarten, Marsha; Mykhalovskiy, Eric and Imrie, John. 2008. Dealing with the challenges of technological innovation in HIV prevention and treatment. The Lancet, 372(9636), pp. 357-358. [Article]

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Abstract or Description

The challenges of transferring biomedical advances and non-biomedical technological innovations in HIV prevention and treatment to the field, are a theme of this year's XVII International AIDS Conference.

In the HIV field, innovations are often understood in exclusively biomedical or psychosocial terms. Related to these understandings are well-worn disciplinary distinctions. Thus vaccines and drug treatments are typically understood as biotechnological.

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Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61140-X

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Sociology

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DateEvent
2008Published

Item ID:

2811

Date Deposited:

23 Apr 2010 10:01

Last Modified:

29 Apr 2020 15:30

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/2811

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