Incentivising safe sex: A randomised trial of conditional cash transfers for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural Tanzania

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  De Walque, Damien ^a   Dow, William H ^b   Nathan, Rose ^c   Abdul, Ramadhani ^c   Abilahi, Faraji ^c   Gong, Erick ^d   Isdahl, Zachary ^b   Jamison, Julian ^e   Jullu, Boniphace ^c   Krishnan, Suneeta ^f   Majura, Albert ^c   Miguel, Edward ^b   Moncada, Jeanne ^g   Mtenga, Sally ^c   Mwanyangala, Mathew Alexander ^c   Packel, Laura ^h   Schachter, Julius ^g   Shirima, Kizito ^c   Medlin, Carol A ⁱ  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROPHYLAXIS; REWARD; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857856628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000747     Document Type: Article

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