Ending AIDS—Biomedical Technologies and Social Determinants of Health – Columbia University School of Social Work

Published on Dec 20, 2012. In honor of World AIDS Day 2012, Dr. Judith Auerbach, Sociologist and Independent Science and Policy Consultant, spoke at the Columbia University School of Social Work on the topic of, “The End of AIDS: Biomedical Technologies and Social Determinants—Ever the Twain Shall Meet?” The presentation explores two themes that have emerged in recent years as key to ending AIDS—biomedical technologies and social determinants of health—and how they have and have not been brought together in HIV prevention circles. With a focus on “treatment as prevention,” it also addresses scientific and policy issues attendant with these themes from a social science lens.

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