Evaluating Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) to Prevent HIV and Other STIs in Tanzania

This presentation given at the Research Conference on Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development in Cape Town, South Africa during January 2010, describes a study of the Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs) Prevention and Control in Tanzania (RESPECT Project)

The aim of the study:

The study tests the hypothesis that using cash as a primary incentive to reduce risky sexual behavior, coupled with counseling and life-skills training, will result in:

Specific objectives:

• - Evaluate the impact of the combined CCT/counseling intervention during the intervention period (immediate and short-term effects) on STI incidence overall and by specific subgroups.
• - Evaluate the economic outcomes of the reward.
• - Examine the long-term effects of the intervention
• – and its withdrawal with final round of STI testing and surveying in the same population 12- months after the intervention has ended.
• - Compare the impact of the CCT intervention in the high-value cash transfer arm to that in the low value cash transfer arm.