Numbers that can change the world

Numbers that can change the world

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In Kenya, Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas and Michael Kremer found that keeping girls in school was more effective in reducing girls' risky behavior than teaching the standard HIV curriculum. Moreover, alerting girls to the higher HIV rate among older men dropped the rate of teen births with these older fathers by a stunning 65 percent.

Related Projects:
HIV/AIDS and Education in Western Kenya: A Biomarker Follow-up
HIV/AIDS Prevention Education in Primary Schools in Kenya

April 14, 2008