Purpose Using a clustered randomized controlled trial design, we evaluated whether
support to keep Kenyan orphaned adolescents in school reduces the risk of HIV infection …

Orphaned adolescents are a large and vulnerable population in sub-Saharan Africa, at
higher risk for HIV than non-orphans. Yet prevention of new infection is critical for …

Objectives. Using a randomized controlled trial in rural eastern Zimbabwe, we tested
whether comprehensive support to keep orphan adolescent girls in school could reduce HIV …

PURPOSE:: We report the findings from a pilot study in western Kenya, using an
experimental design to test whether comprehensive support used to keep adolescent …

Purpose We examine effects of school support as a structural HIV prevention intervention for
adolescent female orphans in Zimbabwe after 5 years. Methods Three hundred twenty-eight …

We conducted a 2-year pilot randomized controlled trial (N= 105) in a high HIV-prevalence
area in rural western Kenya to test whether providing young orphan adolescents with …

Globally, significant progress has been made in primary school enrollment. However, there
are millions of adolescents—including orphans in sub-Saharan Africa—who still experience …

Research is limited on whether providing school support to female adolescent orphans
mitigates their HIV risk disadvantage compared to other female adolescents. This paper …

Little is known about how HIV impacts directly and indirectly on receiving, or particularly
succeeding in, education in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this gap, we used multivariable …

Children comprise the largest proportion of the population in sub-Saharan Africa. Of these,
millions are orphaned. Orphanhood increases the likelihood of growing up in poverty …