Mitigating HIV risk associated with widow cleansing and wife inheritance using combined biomedical and structural interventions in western Kenya: a mathematical modeling study

Abstract Background In parts of Africa, women who become widowed lose housing, bank accounts, and other property and must re-marry to avoid extreme poverty. To re-marry, some women are required to undergo widow “cleansing”—condomless sex with a man who removes “impurities” ascribed to her from her h...

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Prif Awduron:	Duncan K. Gathungu, Viona N. Ojiambo, Mark E. Kimathi, David Kaftan, Hae-Young Kim, Daniel T. Citron, Ingrida Platais, Daniel Briedenbecker, Clark Kirkman, Samuel M. Mwalili, Anna Bershteyn
Fformat:	Artigo
Iaith:	Inglês
Cyhoeddwyd:	BMC 2025-02-01
Cyfres:	BMC Medicine
Pynciau:	HIV Modeling Structural interventions Empowerment Widow Wife inheritance
Mynediad Ar-lein:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-03906-5
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