MedTech Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/medtech/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:03:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png MedTech Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/medtech/ 32 32 An Option with no Choice? The Role of Preventive Technologies in (Dis-)Locating a Malaria Epidemic https://allegralaboratory.net/an-option-with-no-choice-the-role-of-preventive-technologies-in-dis-locating-a-malaria-epidemic-medtech/ https://allegralaboratory.net/an-option-with-no-choice-the-role-of-preventive-technologies-in-dis-locating-a-malaria-epidemic-medtech/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:00:44 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22777 In August 2016, during a science-meets-policy summit in Kampala’s famous Serena Hotel, a presentation on the (in-)effectiveness of so-called long-lasting […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/an-option-with-no-choice-the-role-of-preventive-technologies-in-dis-locating-a-malaria-epidemic-medtech/feed/ 2 Locating Care within the Nascent Infrastructure: Renal Dialysis in Thailand https://allegralaboratory.net/locating-care-within-the-nascent-infrastructure-renal-dialysis-in-thailand-medtech/ https://allegralaboratory.net/locating-care-within-the-nascent-infrastructure-renal-dialysis-in-thailand-medtech/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:00:51 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22802 When new epidemics hit us, calls for infrastructural development are renewed. More investment in hospital facilities, medical staff and the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/arabian-medical-genetics/feed/ 1 Embryos on the Move: Transnational Networks of Surrogacy https://allegralaboratory.net/embryos-on-the-move-transnational-networks-of-surrogacy-medtech/ https://allegralaboratory.net/embryos-on-the-move-transnational-networks-of-surrogacy-medtech/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:00:30 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22775 Gestational surrogacy is a reproductive technology where embryos are produced ‘in-vitro’ in a laboratory and subsequently implanted into the uterus […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/embryos-on-the-move-transnational-networks-of-surrogacy-medtech/feed/ 0 Medical Technologies and Infrastructure: Exploring Im/Mobility and Dis/Connectivity in “Global Health” https://allegralaboratory.net/medical-technologies-and-infrastructure-exploring-immobility-and-disconnectivity-in-global-health-medtech/ https://allegralaboratory.net/medical-technologies-and-infrastructure-exploring-immobility-and-disconnectivity-in-global-health-medtech/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:00:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22771 There are numerous approaches to defining “Global Health” (Brown, Cueto, and Fee 2006; Farmer et al. 2013; Fassin 2012; Janes […]

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