Menstrual Stigma, Hygiene, and Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Madagascar
This paper presents results from an RCT in 140 schools in Madagascar that targets both hygiene practices and menstrual stigma.
This paper presents results from an RCT in 140 schools in Madagascar that targets both hygiene practices and menstrual stigma.
In Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), 20 per cent of girls become pregnant before the age of 20, representing one of the world’s highest rates of adolescent pregnancy. This region also faces a pronounced challenge of adolescent parenthood.
Understanding and meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents and young people, including those living with HIV, is essential in supporting this growing population to thrive.
Developed under the You(th) Care programme, this toolkit is meant to increase young people's understanding of self-care and to equip self-care champions with resources and know-how to be super effective advocates.
Although disproportionately affected by HIV, adolescent girls and young women, particularly those living with HIV, are often the strongest advocates and leaders in the response.
We investigate mechanisms that influence the effects of parental HIV on the education of children. The study was conducted at Mashambanzou Care Trust in Harare, Zimbabwe. We sampled low-income HIV-positive and HIV-negative mothers who had a total of 71 children in their care.
The HIV Prevention Choice Manifesto is a collection of voices of African women and girls in all their diversity, feminists and HIV prevention advocates across Southern and Eastern Africa who are united in calling for continued political and financial support for HIV prevention choice.
Eastern and Southern Africa is home to 70 per cent of adolescents, aged 10-19 years, living with HIV globally and have the highest rates of ART non-adherence.
Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is essential to the well-being and empowerment of women and adolescent girls.
South Africa's progress towards the 95-95-95 goals has been significantly slower among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV), among whom antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, retention in care and viral suppression remain a concern.