The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a division of the National Institutes of Health has awarded, Dr. Lynn Fiellin,  an assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine, $3.9 million over five years to develop and study a video game to teach children to avoid risky behaviors associated with HIV.

Following development, the game’s efficacy will then be tested in children 9-14 in New Haven, Conn.

via CNSNews.com – U.S. Gives Yale Researcher $3.9-Million in Tax Dollars to Develop ‘Avatar’ Sex-Ed Video Game for Kids.