Table 2.
Overview of STI services in national PrEP guidance documents retrieved, by country income level
| Overview of STI services | HIC (%) n=33 |
LMIC (%) n=57 |
| Type of STI case management | ||
| Any type of STI case management | 24/33 (73) | 45/57 (79) |
| Syndromic only | 0/33 (0) | 7/57 (12) |
| Syndromic plus syphilis testing | 0/33 (0) | 14/57 (25) |
| Aetiologic only | 20/33 (61) | 8/57 (14) |
| Both (syndromic+aetiologic when available) | 4/33 (12) | 16/57 (28) |
| Type not specified | 9/33 (27) | 12/57 (21) |
| Recommended STI screening | ||
| HBV | 31/33 (94) | 55/57 (96) |
| Syphilis | 30/33 (91) | 39/57 (68) |
| NG/CT | 29/33 (88) | 24/57 (42) |
| Recommended vaccinations | ||
| HBV | 29/33 (88) | 36/57 (63) |
| HPV | 10/33 (30) | 8/57 (14) |
| Recommended STI partner services | 9/33 (27) | 5/57 (9) |
| Recommended NG AMR testing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
AMR, antimicrobial resistance; CT, Chlamydia trachomatis; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HIC, high-income country; HPV, human papillomavirus; LMIC, low-income and middle-income country; NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; STI, sexually transmitted infection.