CONTEXT: Curriculum-based sexuality and HIV education is a mainstay of interventions to
prevent STIs, HIV and unintended pregnancy among young people. Evidence links …

We provide a 'how to'guide to undertake systematic reviews of effects in international
development, by which we mean, synthesis of literature relating to the effectiveness of …

We evaluate a multifaceted policy intervention attempting to jump-start adolescent women's
empowerment in Uganda by simultaneously providing them vocational training and …

Background Lack of education and an economic dependence on men are often suggested
as important risk factors for HIV infection in women. We assessed the efficacy of a cash …

A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls'
dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The …

We test the effectiveness of an entertainment education TV series, MTV Shuga, aimed at
providing information and changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a …

No single HIV prevention strategy will be sufficient to control the HIV pandemic. However, a
growing number of interventions have shown promise in partially protecting against HIV …

Background and objectives Women living with HIV/AIDS, in particular, have been positioned
as a latent source of infection, and have captivated culpability and blame leading to a highly …

Background Much progress has been made in interventions to prevent HIV infection.
However, development of evidence-informed prevention programmes that translate the …

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have recently received considerable attention as a
potentially innovative and effective approach to the prevention of HIV/AIDS. We evaluate a …