Preventing HIV risk in Southern Africa | Celebrating Impact

Each year, 17,000 children in Africa are infected with HIV.

'I first realised the importance of this issue when I was working as a social worker in South Africa at the height of the AIDS pandemic. I realised that rigorous research was needed to fight the disease'

- Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Oxford University

The Young Carers study was developed by Lucie, and was the largest longitudinal study of adolescents affected by AIDS. Her research on #HIV prevention led to a Cash plus Care programme that has helped over two million girls in ten #African countries avoid contracting HIV/AIDS since 2014.

Watch the video to see how the research is influencing governments to establish HIV prevention schemes using similar methods.

Professor Lucie Cluver and her team are finalists for Outstanding International Impact in the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2017.

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