Young Adults’ Strategies for Navigating Reproduction in an AIDS Epidemic

This is a longitudinal study that founded TLT research organisation. The study objective was to cultivate a better understanding of the sexual and reproductive health, goals and behaviours of young women as they begin childbearing and the role of the AIDS epidemic in shaping their decision in childbearing and adulthood. TLT team conducted an initial and additional household listing, baseline survey with ten subsequent follow up surveys including collection of HIV and pregnancy biomarkers from a sample of about 4000 women and 1200 men in Balaka District. TLT collected and managed qualitative and quantitative data over the course of ten years between 2009 and 2019. Data collection was initially done of paper between 2009 – 2012 and later migrated to electronic data collection using tablets from 2015. TLT data team managed the data and quality assurances.

Client:

National Institute of Health and University of Chicago

Budget

$1,200,000

Date:

2009 -2019