Share -->PrintHomeGlobal Health PolicyKaiser Daily Global Health Policy ReportMay 13, 2015Lottery Ticket Program Leads To Reduction In HIV Incidence In Lesotho, Researchers SayMay 13, 2015

Foreign Policy: Lottery Ticket Approach Leads to Drastic Reduction in HIV Prevalence
“Researchers funded by the World Bank arrived at a wildly unorthodox and unexpectedly effective strategy for preventing HIV in the African nation of Lesotho: A lottery program that offered participants an opportunity to win cash on the condition that they tested negative for sexually transmitted infections…” (Soloway, 5/12).

NPR: What Might Make Young People Practice Safe Sex? Lottery Tickets!
“…After two years, there was a 21.4 percent reduction in HIV infections in the lottery ticket group compared with the volunteers who got the small gifts…” (Vedantam, 5/12).