Purpose Behavioral change interventions using peer group leaders are effective and widely
used, but few studies have examined how being a peer group leader affects the leaders …

Asymmetric information in the marriage market may cause adverse selection and delay
marriage if partner quality is revealed over time. Sexual safety is an important but hidden …

This paper examines the implementation of Western HIV testing norms–counselling, consent
and confidentiality ('3Cs')–in Malawi, a high prevalence, rural African setting. It considers the …

This study used a quasi-experimental design to evaluate a six-session peer group
intervention for HIV prevention among rural adults in Malawi. Two rural districts were …

Background Although many countries have been promoting hormonal contraceptives to
prevent unintended pregnancy and condom use to prevent HIV transmission, little is known …

In this study, a microsimulation model is used to assess the potential impact of condom use
on women's lifetime risk of acquiring HIV in rural southern Malawi. The model draws on …

Married and cohabiting women have been neglected in the promotion of condoms as the
most effective prevention method of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. As a …

Background: HIV and AIDS remains a significant health, social and economic problem in
Malawi. Despite improved availability of free HIV related services, multiple behavioural …

In the late 1990s, the American media seemed to have some definite ideas about what was
driving the AIDS epidemic in Central and Southern Africa to such startling proportions. Any …