New York, NY – Dr. Susan Witte, associate professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW), has been awarded $600,000 from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIH) for a microfinance intervention for high-risk women in Mongolia. The two-year study represents the first test of a savings-led microfinance intervention combined with HIV prevention on reductions of sexual risk behaviors among women engaged in sex work.
For more information, see the press release on the CUSSW website.