Child-focused state cash transfers and adolescent risk of HIV infection in South Africa: a propensity-score-matched case-control study

Child-focused state cash transfers and adolescent risk of HIV infection in South Africa: a propensity-score-matched case-control study

Background: Effective and scalable HIV prevention for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa is needed. Cash transfers can reduce HIV incidence through reducing risk behaviours. However, questions remain about their effectiveness within national poverty-alleviation programmes, and their effects on differ...

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Main Authors: Lucie Cluver, PhD, Mark Boyes, PhD, Mark Orkin, PhD, Marija Pantelic, MSc, Thembela Molwena, Lorraine Sherr, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X13701153

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