Leveraging behavioral economics strategies to close gaps in biomedical HIV prevention.

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in southern Africa face triple the HIV incidence of their male peers due to multiple factors, including economic deprivation and age-disparate relationships. A new study by Aurélia Lépine and colleagues has demonstrated that addressing healthcare costs among AGYW has the potential to reduce HIV incidence.

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RVB reports that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals covered the cost of conference abstract and manuscript writing, outside of the submitted work. RVB serves on a Gilead Sciences DMC for which she is paid an honorarium.