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Cash cure for the AIDS epidemic?

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South African researchers are testing whether financial incentives can stop HIV infection in teenagers.

South African teenagers could pocket as much as 2,700 rand (US$400) over the next 18 months in exchange for staying HIV-free. South Africa has 17% of the world's HIV-infected people, with young girls one of the highest risk groups, because poverty drives them to have sex in exchange for gifts. Researchers now want to see whether using cash payments as a reward for getting good grades and having annual HIV tests could curb the girls' risky sexual behaviour.

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Shetty, P. Cash cure for the AIDS epidemic?. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.351

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