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behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …
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The literature shows that divorced, separated, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV. Using nationally representative data from 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper confirms that formerly married individuals are at significantly higher risk for...
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changes in risk. In particular, risky behaviors increase for men who believe, wrongly, that AIDS can be cured, while risky … behaviors increase for women who believe, correctly, that antiretroviral therapy can treat AIDS but cannot cure it. The findings …
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welfare of households living with HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been a real deterioration of welfare in terms of …
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affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Mortality rates in the highest HIV-prevalence countries of southern Africa exceed those in …
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' migration into South Africa has increased the spread of HIV/AIDS in their countries of origin. Consistent with this …
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HIV-prevention strategies have yielded only limited success so far in slowing down the AIDS epidemic. This paper …
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