heterosexually-acquired HIV in men in areas with high HIV prevalence and low levels of male circumcision. Comprehensive male … circumcision services should include HIV testing and counseling, partner reduction, and male and female condom use. Yet, male … trials in Africa have shown that circumcision reduces the likelihood of female-to-male HIV transmission by 50-60%, leading …

for fertility decline and eventually sustained economic development. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the HIV/AIDS epidemic … might have on SSA fertility. This work reports model-based evidence of the potential for a HIV-triggered reversal of … fertility in high HIV-prevalent SSA countries induced by the fall in education and human capital investments following the drop …

for fertility decline and eventually sustained economic development. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the HIV/AIDS epidemic … HIV might have on SSA fertility. This work reports model-based evidence of the potential for a HIV-triggered reversal of … fertility in high HIV-prevalent SSA countries induced by the fall in education and human capital investments following the drop …

Despite the increasing rate of diffusion of effective therapies, the battle against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA … epidemics, their endogenous feedback on mortality and fertility and the central role of policy actions aimed to fight HIV. The …) is far from being over. Three main challenges are that the epidemics might paralyse or reverse the fertility transition …

implications of these dynamics for fertility outcomes in SSA. …