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Changing Scenario of Health Problems Due to HIV Infection

Noronha, Laveena - 2017

In Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic, today has become not only … active age group. The first AIDS case in India was detected in 1986 and since then HIV infection has been reported in all … states and union territories. Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS, 2009 People living with HIV/AIDS is 2 …

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Pandemics/epidemics : challenges and opportunities for operations management research

Gupta, Sushil K.; Starr, Martin Kenneth; Farahani, Reza … - In: Manufacturing & service operations management : M & SOM 24 (2022) 1, pp. 1-23

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The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change : Fighting HIV with Mtv

Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2019

changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model we show that "edutainment" can work through an …

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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...

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How Subjective Beliefs About HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi

Shapira, Gil - 2017

This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother-to-child transmission, on fertility and child...

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Republic of Kazakhstan : Evaluation of National Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Programs

World Bank - 2012

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS have a significant impact on the economy and society of Kazakhstan and a growing … the human capital development of the country. To face the challenge of the dual threat of HIV/AIDS and TB focused, highly … deficiency syndrome (AIDS) programs in Kazakhstan. This paper provides a detailed analysis of the efficiency, quality, and …

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Tolerance and HIV

Francis-Tan, Andrew - 2012

We empirically investigate the effect of tolerance for gays on the spread of HIV in the United States. Using a state-level panel dataset spanning the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, we find that tolerance is negatively associated with the HIV rate. We then investigate the causal mechanisms...

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Knowledge, Stigma, and HIV Testing : An Analysis of a Widespread HIV/AIDS Program

Yang, Dean; Allen, James E.; Mahumane, Arlete; Riddell, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by …

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Conflict and risky health behavior : evidence from Mexico's drug war

Manian, Shanthi - In: Journal of development economics 148 (2021), pp. 1-23

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HIV/AIDS and Sexual Behaviour in Botswana

Mmopelwa, David; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021

Using three waves of the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS) collected by Statistics Botswana, we investigate how sexual …

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