GLOBAL HEALTH: Microfinance Helps Cut Domestic Violence in Rural South Africa

Audio Journal of Global Health Issues Circulating Markers Herald Onset of Preeclampsia REFERENCE: Lancet 2006; 368: 1973-83 CHARLOTTE WATTS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine A large and groundbreaking study has shown that microfinance, combined with a gender and HIV training scheme, can help reduce domestic violence among poor women living in rural South Africa. Charlotte Watts of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told Derek Thorne about the IMAGE study.