Event location
Seminars will take place at Seminar room 171, FHH (Frederik Holsts hus), 12:15-13:15.
Zoom link for those wishing to attend online. 
Abstract
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly known as PrEP, is an HIV-preventative pill taken to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. During a PrEP study in Dar es Salaam among men who have sex with men and transgender women, we saw how PrEP users experienced novel types of risks and uncertainties while using PrEP. We conceptualize these risks as (social) iatrogenesis, as harms imposed by medicine or the medical system. In this paper, we explore how PrEP users relate to and deal with these iatrogenic harms imposed by PrEP or the PrEP program by paying attention to affect and emotions.
Bio
Inga Haaland is a doctoral research candidate in medical anthropology/global health at the Institute of Health and Society at the Medical Faculty, University of Oslo. Her bachelor's degree is in public health and health promotion from University in Bergen. Her MPhil in international community health explored health seeking among married adolescent girls from the Karamoja region in Uganda. Her second master's degree is an MRes in anthropological research methods from SOAS, where medical anthropology was the core subject. The thesis explored sexuality discourses within global health in African countries. For the PhD, she is a part of the PREPTA project, exploring pre-exposure prophylaxis as HIV prevention for men who have sex with men and transgender women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.