Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug taken by HIV-negative people before and after sex that reduces the risk of getting HIV. This book demonstrates that the PrEP journey is infused with paradoxes and argues for a more social and relational approach to public health.
1. Introduction: PrEP and the Biomedical turn in HIV prevention
2. Two empirical case studies
3. Accessible, yet inaccessible
4. Healthy, yet on treatment
5. Responsible, yet irresponsible
6. Protective, yet unprotective
7. Acceptable, yet stigmatising
8. Liberating, yet restraining
9. Problematic, yet productive paradoxes?
Morten Skovdal is Professor of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
