Jacob Bor

The cost of economic inequality to the nation’s physical health

April 26, 2017

Boston Globe By Jacob Bor & Sandro Galea, School of Public Health After its unsuccessful push to reconfigure the US health care system, the Trump administration has signaled that it will turn its attention to tax reform… View full article

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More schooling reduces HIV risk. But by how much?

June 25, 2016

PolitiFact Jacob Bor, School of Public Health There are any number of arguments for boosting the education of girls in poorer nations… Expert quote: “He’s qualitatively correct, but quantitatively a little bit off. Also, these results are local to the incredibly high HIV prevalence in Botswana and their education reform. If you just parachute-dropped a […]

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Women Fare Better in S. Africa HIV/AIDS Treatment Study

November 25, 2015

Voice of America Jacob Bor, School of Public Health A new, long-term study in South Africa that looked at the results of an effective treatment for HIV-AIDS found that it increased life expectancy but was a bigger benefit to women than to men… Expert quote: “Often when a man goes to a clinic, he’s sitting […]

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To cut HIV in Botswana, get teens to 10th grade

July 8, 2015

Futurity News Jacob Bor, School of Public Health Time spent in school after ninth grade substantially cuts the risk of people—especially girls—in Botswana getting HIV, experts report… Expert quote: “Our study is among the first to link secondary schooling causally not just to risk behaviors but to HIV infection itself. The fact that our findings are […]

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The Conversation US – Jacob Bor

July 7, 2015

Extra year of secondary schooling reduces HIV rates in Botswana Jan-Walter De Neve, Harvard University and Jacob Bor, Boston University The association between school and HIV risk has been fiercely debated for more than two decades. It has long been suggested that formal education acts as a “social vaccine” to reduce the spread of HIV […]

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More school slashes HIV infection in Botswana

July 6, 2015

SciDev.net Jacob Bor, School of Public Health Increasing secondary school attendance in Botswana slashed HIV infection rates of adults, with the greatest drop among women, a study finds… Expert quote: “Investments in secondary schooling are a slam dunk and should go alongside biomedical interventions in any effective HIV prevention strategy.” View full article

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Study: Tenth-grade Education Cuts HIV Risk

June 29, 2015

Voice of America Jacob Bor, School of Public Health An extra year of schooling can cut the risk of HIV infection by a third, a new study shows… Expert quote: “I think that this study really provides evidence that we should consider formal schooling, particularly secondary schooling, as part of HIV prevention.” View full article

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