- How does the US choose partner countries for providing health aid?
- What effect do Malaria control programs have on child mortality?
- Does foreign aid for HIV alleviation in Africa alleviate HIV?
- How do wealth and education shape the risks of having HIV in highly endemic countries?
- What combination of prevention strategies are most cost-effective for Africa’s HIV epidemic?
- What are the political conditions that favor reductions in child and adult mortality?
The people in the Bendavid Group explore such issues of health and health improvements in developing countries. We study how the environment - economic, political, and natural - interacts with health. We employ a mix of statistical, econometric, qualitative, modeling, and demographic tools to produce creative solutions for health policies in developing countries.