Paying girls to stay in school: a good return on HIV investment?

The letter to the Lancet focuses on cash transfer programmes supporting young girls to stay in school

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 January 2012

Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Education, Health, Social Change
Authors:: Watts, C., Lutz, B., Vassall, A., Remme, M.

Abstract

Letter to The Lancet by STRIVE researchers highlighting the multi-sector benefits of interventions that address the structural drivers of HIV. As AIDS funding shrinks, measures that address the social and economic drivers of HIV are in danger of being overlooked. The letter focuses on the example of cash transfer programmes supporting young girls to stay in school. In such cases - where the benefits of structural interventions extend to other sectors such as education - the authors argue for an increase in co-financing. Spreading the costs this way, they argue, would make the cash transfer programme much better value for money from an HIV perspective.

Citation

Remme, M.; Vassall, A.; Lutz, B.; Watts, C. Paying girls to stay in school: a good return on HIV investment? Lancet (2012) 379 (9832) 2150. [DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60944-1]