This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother … decisions. Expectations about the life horizon and child survival depend on women's perceived exposure to HIV infection, which …

promote the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. … areas of health, such as sexual and reproductive health, and HIV prevention, in particular, has also increased. Evaluations …

The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya …: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2) encouraging students to debate the … role of condoms and to write essays on how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; and (3) reducing the cost of education …

Many people see an effective preventive AIDS vaccine as the best solution to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Ten years ago many … developed and many candidates are being tested. Strategies to implement HIV/AIDS vaccination need to be developed to be ready … effective, long-lasting, inexpensive vaccine would be ideal and could make a major contribution in controlling the HIV/AIDS …

author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS … evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and … HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated …

services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. This study examines the scheme's impact on individual and couples HIV testing … discordant couples (14.7 percentage point increase) in which only one of the partners is HIV positive. …

Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic …, the authors find evidence of a growing gap between demand for their services and capacity to satisfy that demand. HIV/AIDS …

This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. Using … number of dimensions and highlight the empirical importance of an additional mechanism through which HIV/AIDS hinders the … controlling for HIV prevalence, institutional quality, social distance, and economic indicators. The results obtained indicate …

Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top …