Scholars have recently become increasingly interested in the role religion plays in the responses to the HIV … relationship between religion and HIV/AIDS through surveys and in-depth interviews with denominational leaders, congregational … religion-HIV/AIDS link describe the MRP’s design, implementation and subsequent data; provide initial evidence for a series …

mortality levels and HIV infection, are wholly unrelated to orphan prevalence at all analytic levels. Wealth and various spatial …

regarding family size, family planning, and HIV/AIDS in, respectively, rural Kenya and Malawi. We investigate three sources of …

Ecological comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa show that HIV prevalence is lower where men are generally circumcised than … where they are not. Randomized controlled trials have found a 50-60% reduction in HIV acquisition for newly circumcised men …. Yet in Malawi, HIV prevalence is highest in several districts in the Southern Region, where men are commonly circumcised …

Testing for HIV is becoming more available in Africa. Global advocates of testing see it as key to AIDS prevention … fear is in turn linked to overestimation of the transmissibility of HIV. We recommend that testing advocates address this … are HIV-negative, as well as the minority who are HIV-positive. …