Most STRIVE research is conducted in India, South Africa and Tanzania. All affected by HIV, these countries have diverse epidemics and cultural contexts, providing opportunities for comparative learning. STRIVE prioritises research that can be used to press for policy and other change to
- enhance the impact of proven HIV prevention strategies,
- reduce HIV
- reduce the economic burden of HIV/AIDS on families and governments and thus
- contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
To address structural determinants of HIV – such as gender inequality, labour migration or alcohol use – requires extensive collaboration across disciplines and ministries. STRIVE seeks to share valuable learning about overcoming the methodological challenges of working this way.
STRIVE-associated
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Community mobilisation among sex worker collectives
Drivers: Gender inequality and violence, Poverty and livelihood options, Stigma and criminalizationMethods: Measuring structural factors -
Reducing excessive alcohol use and high-risk sex
Drivers: Alcohol, Gender inequality and violence, Poverty and livelihood optionsMethods: Changing social norms, Measuring structural factors -
Swa Koteka: Cash transfers to tackle HIV among adolescents
Drivers: Poverty and livelihood optionsMethods: Costing interventions, Measuring structural factors -
Phuza Wize: Creating safe drinking spaces
Drivers: Alcohol, Gender inequality and violenceMethods: Changing social norms -
Parivartan: Coaching boys into men
Drivers: Gender inequality and violenceMethods: Changing social norms -
Guidelines for reducing HIV stigma in India
Drivers: Stigma and criminalizationMethods: -
SASA! Act now against violence
Drivers: Gender inequality and violenceMethods: Changing social norms
STRIVE-generated
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Reducing transactional sex among adolescent girls
Drivers: Gender inequality and violence, Poverty and livelihood optionsMethods: Changing social norms, Measuring structural factors -
Modelling the influence of structural factors
Drivers: Alcohol, Gender inequality and violence, Poverty and livelihood optionsMethods: Modelling
Condoms and PMTCT are perfect examples of highly efficacious interventions whose impact is routinely undermined due to stigma, gender power imbalances and other structural drivers.Lori Heise, STRIVE



