in Malawi - Scaling-up HIV/AIDS Interventions through Expanded Partnerships (STEPs). The STEPs initiative assists local …) programs. The note describes the factors that enabled and constrained the scaling up of a community based HIV/AIDS intervention … HIV/AIDS committees with community mobilization and capacity building so that communities become empowered to act …

This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … is allowed to differ from the actual exposure. In the model, women form beliefs about their HIV status and about their … own and their children's survival in future periods. Women update their beliefs with survival to each additional period as …

sexual behaviors and schooling investments among school-age females in Malawi. We find no overall effects on HIV, Herpes …

reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting …