Background In Southern Malawi, the fishing industry is highly gendered, with men carrying
out the fishing and women processing, drying and selling the fish. Research has shown that …

Smith, Grov, Seal, and McCall's (2012) analysis, focusing on how young men become, and
stay, involved in male escorting, is a welcome contribution to the still relatively thin male sex …

The role of social capital in promoting health is now widely debated within international
public health. In relation to HIV, the results of previous observational and cross-sectional …

Introduction Young adolescent women in sub‐Saharan Africa are three to four times more
likely to be HIV‐positive than boys or men. One of the relationship dynamics that is likely to …

Given the mixed evidence on whether women's economic and social empowerment is
beneficial or not for reducing intimate partner violence (IPV), we explored the relationship …

Background: Transactional sex, or informal sexual exchange, is considered to be an
important contributing factor to the disproportionately high HIV infection rates experienced …

Adolescent females in Zimbabwe are at high risk for HIV acquisition. Shaping the Health of
Adolescents in Zimbabwe (SHAZ!) was a randomized controlled trial of a combined …

Objective: To review biomedical determinants of women's vulnerability to infection with HIV
and interventions to counter this, within the southern African context. Results: Apart from …

Transactional sex, the casual exchange of sexual favors for money or gifts, has been
associated with negative outcomes and health risks, particularly among youth. This global …

Objective. We explored links among economically motivated relationships, transactional sex,
and risk behavior for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted …