12 January 2005

How to fight AIDS in Africa

I haven't thought much about this yet but it's an interesting piece of research:
"One of the implications of her findings is that lowering transmission rates by targeting STDs is more cost effective than trying to reduce HIV prevalence using expensive antiretrovirals or education programs aimed at changing behavior"
Marginal Revolution: How to fight AIDS in Africa:
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