Table 1. Cascade of Care among Affected Populations (MSM, FSW, PWID) Receiving HIV Care in SFH Supported Centers in Some Selected Northern Nigeria States between 2019 - 2023.

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Total (%)
Number Tested
FSW	19,423	12,320	37,471	28,650	20,639	118,503 (36.5)
MSM	10,468	6,640	34,804	21,833	15,507	89,254 (27.5)
PWID	12,107	7,029	43,056	32,646	21,796	116,634 (36.0)
Total	41,998	25,989	115,331	83,130	57,942	324,391 (100.0)
Number Positive
FSW	2,525	2,193	3,185	2,951	1,713	12,567 (41.1)
MSM	827	757	1,601	1,834	1,070	6,089 (19.9)
PWID	1,247	1,469	3,057	3,689	2,463	11,925 (39.0)
Total	4,599	4,419	7,843	8,474	5,246	30,581 (100.0)
Positivity Rate (%)
FSW	13.0	17.8	8.5	10.3	8.3	(10.6)
MSM	7.9	11.4	4.6	8.4	6.9	(6.8)
PWID	10.3	20.9	7.1	11.3	11.3	(10.2)
Total	11.0	17.0	6.8	10.2	9.1	(9.4)
Linkage Rate (%)
FSW	100.2	108.3	103.9	98.0	103.0
MSM	88.8	106.2	103.0	98.0	98.9
PWID	92.5	116.3	93.6	99.6	100.0
Total	96.0	110.6	99.7	98.7	100.7
Number Initiated on ART
FSW	2,529	2,375	3,309	2,892	1,764	12,869 (41.8)
MSM	734	804	1,649	1,798	1,058	6,043 (19.6)
PWID	1,153	1,709	2,862	3,673	2,463	11,860(38.5)
Total	4,416	4,888	7,820	8,363	5,285	30,772(100.0)
Number Receiving Treatment (ART)
FSW	2,387	4,703	7,918	10,218	12,769
MSM	737	1,521	3,132	4,734	6,672
PWID	1,064	2,750	5,585	8,844	11,472
Total	4,188	8,974	16,635	23,796	30,913
Number With VL Sample Collected
FSW	1,235	3,710	7,145	8,696	9,076
MSM	371	1,193	2,768	3,885	4,506
PWID	450	2,062	4,805	7,199	7,762
Total	2,056	6,965	14,718	19,780	21,344
VL Testing Coverage (%) FSW MSM PWID Total	52 50 42 49	79 78 75 78	90 88 86 89	85 82 81 83	71 68 68 69
Number Virally Suppressed
FSW	1,118	3,457	6,957	8,643	8,964
MSM	330	1,103	2,691	3,872	4,424
PWID	413	1,795	4,689	6,607	7,689
Total	1,861	6,355	14,337	19,122	21,077
VL Suppression Rate (%)
FSW	91	93	97	99	99
MSM	89	92	97	100	98
PWID	92	87	98	92	99
Total	91	91	97	97	99

MSM – Men who have sex with men.; FSW – Female sex workers; PWID – People who inject drugs.; SFH – Society for Family Health, Nigeria