Transactional sex amongst AIDS-orphaned and AIDS-affected adolescents predicted by abuse and extreme poverty by Boyes, M, Cluver, L, Gardner, F, Meinck, F, Orkin, M.

Poverty moderates the association between gender and school dropout in South African adolescents by Boyes, M, Berg, V, Cluver, L

“…Findings suggest that vulnerable boys should not be neglected in policies to improve retention in education in contexts of extreme poverty.…”

Improving early childhood care and development, HIV-testing, treatment and support, and nutrition in Mokhotlong, Lesotho: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial by Tomlinson, M, Skeen, S, Marlow, M, Cluver, L, Cooper, P, Murray, L, Mofokeng, S, Morley, N, Makhetha, M, Gordon, S, Esterhuizen, T, Sherr, L

“…DISCUSSION: This study provides a unique opportunity to assess the potential of an integrated early childhood development intervention to prevent or mitigate developmental delays in children living in a context of extreme poverty and high HIV rates in rural Lesotho. This paper presents the intervention content and research protocol for the study. …”