By Emanne Khan Antiretroviral therapy (ART) not only extends the lives of people with HIV. It also prevents sexual transmission of the virus. However, knowledge of ART’s impact on transmission has been slow to gain mainstream understanding and traction. In 2011, the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)-052 study received results from a trial of 1,763 […]
By Mahesh Karra Unlike many domains in health, the provision of high-quality family planning services is not only measured by the achievement of good reproductive health outcomes, but also considers the objective of helping women and couples maximize a complex and evolving set of preferences around future fertility and well-being. For this reason, the demand […]
Quotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet, little is known about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political and economic hierarchies. The new book, Women, Power and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India, by Human Capital Initiative Core Faculty Member Rachel Brulé explores this question within the context of […]
By Emanne Khan It is a well-established fact that women are underrepresented in global politics, and recent data from the United Nations demonstrates this underrepresentation spans all levels of government. Worldwide, women serve as heads of state or government in only 22 countries, and make up a mere 21 percent of government ministers; 25 percent […]
By Emanne Khan South Africa is home to the world’s largest population of individuals living with HIV, numbering nearly 8 million, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. South Africa also administers the world’s largest public HIV treatment program, which serves a patient population between 4-5 million people. Despite the scope of the […]
Around the world, women are significantly underrepresented in politics, from participation to elected positions. A gender gap is also evident in policy preferences, with women and men expressing systematically different priorities about how states should raise and invest resources. Women are more likely than men to favor redistribution, social security, and insurance, for example, and […]
Despite widespread availability of HIV treatment, patient outcomes differ across facilities. In a new study by PLOS Medicine, Jacob Bor and coauthors proposed and evaluated an approach to measure quality of HIV care at health facilities in South Africa’s national HIV program using routine laboratory data. They analyzed data from 3,265 facilities with a median annual […]
As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Spring 2021, Dr. Erez Yoeli, Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, will present on findings from research conducted in Kenya on promoting tuberculosis treatment completion. STARTS: 4:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 12, 2020 ENDS: 5:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 12, 2020 […]
The 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is currently taking place from March 15-26, 2021. Established in 1946, the CSW is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. During the Commission’s annual two-week session, representatives of UN Member States, […]
As part of the Human Capital Initiative Speaker Series for Spring 2021, Dr. Francesco Amodio, Assistant Professor at McGill University, will present on the role of labor markets and freelancing in development. STARTS: 4:00 PM EST on Wednesday, April 28, 2020 ENDS: 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday, April 28, 2020 LOCATION: Via Zoom REGISTRATION: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdOqpqzosH9dlcwfpGSRuxeQ_CxtnR5VE?_x_zm_rtaid=tEC2e49HQ1Gx_Z_8kV0MDA.1615575645064.390cd5f670e1df441f68dfccbfae77a0&_x_zm_rhtaid=280