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

• Main Authors: Lucie Cluver, PhD (Author), Mark Boyes, PhD (Author), Mark Orkin, PhD (Author), Marija Pantelic, MSc (Author), Thembela Molwena (Author), Lorraine Sherr, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...