Objective: Age-disparate sexual relationships with older men may drive high rates of HIV
acquisition in young women in sub-Saharan Africa, but evidence is limited. We investigate …

A global campaign to end “child marriage” has emerged over the last decade as part of
growing international commitments to address gender inequities and improve female …

Many Bangladeshi women marry early, and many marry before the legal age of 18 years.
This practice has been associated with a higher risk of health and medical morbidities, and …

Background Perceiving a personal risk for HIV infection is considered important for
engaging in HIV prevention behaviour and often targeted in HIV prevention interventions …

Objectives: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause significant morbidity among women
with HIV and increase HIV transmission. We estimated the prevalence of four STIs among …

Global health interventions increasingly target the abolishment of 'child marriage'(marriage
under 18 years, hereafter referred to as 'early marriage'). Guided by human behavioural …

There is now widespread agreement on the importance of men's role in reproductive
decision-making. Several studies have argued that fertility preferences and their translation …

Global health studies typically characterise adolescent marriage as a fundamental risk to
female wellbeing. In contrast, ethnographic research among communities 'at risk'identifies …

The last few decades have provided new perspectives on the increasingly complex
interrelationships between the evolutionary epidemiology of STDs and their agents, human …

As the rest of the develo** world, Sub‐Saharan Africa has experienced profound
transformations in the institution of marriage. Yet, unlike most other regions, polygyny has …