leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association … between schooling/material standard of living and HIV risk using data from more than 500,000 respondents in 32 sub … without improvements in living standards or secondary school completion might not mitigate HIV transmission …

wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide … report the mortality of an immediate family member in the last twelve months, with malaria typically more important than AIDS …, and deaths of women in childbirth more important than deaths from AIDS in many countries. A life evaluation measure …

I generate new data on HIV incidence and prevalence in Africa based on inference from mortality rates. I use these data … to relate economic activity (specifically, exports) to new HIV infections in Africa and argue there is a significant and … large positive relationship between the two: a doubling of exports leads to as much as a quadrupling in new HIV infections …

treatment of HIV/AIDS. Many supply- and demand-side factors in sub-Saharan Africa could cause smaller than expected … approximately 1 in 6 adults are HIV positive. Combining anthropometric data from national household surveys and a spatially …-based triple difference specification, we find that local ART introduction increased the weight of high HIV likelihood adult women …