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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2006 Jan;18(1):12–21. doi: 10.1080/09540120500101757

Table V.

Types of direct service HIV prevention programmes offered by NGOs in four world regions

Percent (n) of NGOs Offering Program Type
HIV Prevention Programme Type Africa (n = 27) Central/Eastern Europe & Central Asia (n = 25) Latin America (n = 15) Caribbean (n = 8)
AIDS talks and print materials distribution 14.8% (4) 20.0% (5) 20.0% (3) 50.0% (4)
AIDS hotlines and resource centers 3.7% (1) 12.0% (3) 26.7% (4) 12.5% (1)
Peer education 59.3% (16) 28.0% (7) 20.0% (3) 25.0% (2)
Condom distribution 22.2% (6) 4.0% (1) 13.3% (2) 0
Mass media campaigns 14.8% (4) 4.0% (1) 26.7% (4) 0
Intensive individual sessions and group workshops on HIV risk reduction 18.5% (5) 16.0% (4) 40.0% (6) 25.0% (2)
HIV counselling and testing 3.7% (1) 8.0% (2) 6.7% (1) 12.5% (1)
Supportive and secondary prevention services for PWAs and their families 18.5% (5) 24.0% (6) 6.7% (1) 50.0% (4)
Needle exchange 0 48.0% (12) 0 0
Individual outreach 11.1% (3) 20.0% (5) 20.0% (3) 0
Community event programmes 25.9% (7) 16.0% (4) 6.7% (1) 12.5% (1)