Policy Wise

Based on the Conditional Cash Transfer model, a new anti-AIDS program in Tanzania will offer people money to practice safe sex,

The $1.8m trial – to be launched this year – will counsel 3,000 men and women aged 15-30 in southern rural Tanzania over three years, paying them on condition that periodic laboratory test results prove they have not contracted sexually transmitted infections.

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Will it work? Possibly but a lot will depend upon the adequacy of laboratory facilities for periodic testing and training of staff e.t.c. It is also essential that an educational component be part of the entire program.