Cover: HIV Prevention in Africa

HIV Prevention in Africa

What Has Been Learned?

Published In: The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Misconceptions / David E. Sahn, ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2010), Chapter 9, p. 231-267

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2010

by Peter Glick

There is confusion over which prevention interventions will be effective and in which contexts. This chapter grapples with this issue by surveying what is known (and what remains to be learned) about the effectiveness of HIV-prevention interventions in Africa.

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