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How Beliefs About HIV Status Affect Risky Behaviors : Evidence from Malawi
de Paula, Aureo - 2010
Many HIV testing programs in Africa and elsewhere aim to reduce risk-taking behaviors by providing individuals with information about their own HIV status. This paper examines how beliefs about own HIV status affect risky sexual behavior using data from married couples living in three regions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012715662
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Unexpected HIV Infections in Young Women in South Africa
Gisselquist, David - 2019
Unexpected HIV infections (not from sex, mother-to-child, or injection drug use) are common in Africa's generalized epidemics. A 2011-2015 randomized controlled trial of cash transfers conditioned on high school attendance to reduce HIV incidence in young women in South Africa had no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896236
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The Role of HIV Detection on Reproductive Health : Outcomes in Cameroon
Tequame, Miron - 2017
The paper compares fertility outcomes between women enrolled in HIV clinics and the DHS sample which were both administered in Yaoundé contemporaneously. Using propensity score matching, I show that fertility outcomes are contingent on age at which women are detected HIV positive. Younger women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970581
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Determinants of HIV Infection in Nigeria : A Synthesis of the Literature
Awoleye, Olatunji - 2017
Background: Nigeria has an estimated 3.5 million HIV positive individuals, ranking third worldwide. This study analyzed the determinants of HIV infection to improve HIV programming in Nigeria and developing countries. Methodology: The methodology used was a literature review of grey and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971198
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The Effects of an HIV and AIDS Project on Migrants at Source and Destination Sites in Nepal, Bangladesh and India : Findings from a Quasi-Experimental Study
Samuels, Fiona - 2014
vulnerability among cross-border migrants in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. The results from the study suggests that HIV and AIDS …-related service uptake. The study finds strong evidence that the EMPHASIS project had a positive impact on HIV and AIDS knowledge and …-specific partnerships and engagement and through capacity building of HIV and AIDS service providers. The study also find that it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049777
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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How Beliefs About HIV Status Affect Risky Behaviors : Evidence From Malawi, Second Version
de Paula, Aureo - 2008
This paper examines how beliefs about own HIV status affect sexual behavior. Risky behavior is measured as the propensity to engage in extramarital affairs or not use condoms. The empirical analysis is based on 2004 and 2006 data from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722436
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The HIV Anticaptory Saving Motive : An Empirical Analysis in South Africa
van de Kuilen, Gijs - 2007
This paper studies the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on saving behaviour. Two important characteristics of HIV result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729182
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Costs of HIV Prevention Among Out-of-Treatment Drug-Using Women : Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Prah Ruger, Jennifer; Ben Abdallah, Arbi; Cottler, Linda - 2009
Objectives. We developed a micro-costing methodology to estimate the real resource costs consumed by delivery of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Cooperative Agreement Standard Intervention (SI) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, plus two enhanced modules, in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219044
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The Enduring Factors of HIV : Exploring the Role of Genetic Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa's HIV Epidemic
Sim, Nicholas; Lun, Pide; Pham, Ngoc - 2023
This paper establishes new evidence that an enduring societal factor - genetic diversity - is linked with HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. We show that higher genetic diversity has a mitigating effect on to the spread of HIV. Importantly, the linked between genetic diversity and HIV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343899