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. 2012 Jul 2;2(4):e001234. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001234

Table 3.

PrEP benefits*

Policymakers Healthcare workers NGOs
Peru
  • Prevention tool for most at risk

  • Additional prevention strategy

  • Additional prevention strategy

  • Tool for high-risk groups

  • Potential economic gains

  • Opportunity to make prevention a priority

  • Empowering prevention tool

  • Additional prevention strategy

  • Opportunity to increase investment in prevention

Ukraine
  • Additional prevention strategy

  • Increased well-being

  • Empowerment of most at risk

  • Alternative prevention strategy

  • Potential economic gains

  • Reduce HIV incidence

  • Additional prevention strategy

India
  • Alternative prevention strategy for serodiscordant couples

  • Not gender specific

  • Additional prevention tool

  • Potential economic gains

  • For serodiscordant couples

  • Additional prevention strategy

Kenya
  • Alternative prevention strategy

  • Potential economic gains

  • May benefit most at risk

  • Empowering most at risk

  • Alternative prevention strategy

  • Potential economic gains

  • May benefit most at risk

  • Additional prevention strategy

  • May benefit most at risk

Uganda
  • Reduce HIV incidence

  • Potential economic gains

  • May benefit most at risk

  • For those who cannot negotiate condom use

  • Alternative prevention strategy

  • For those who cannot negotiate condom use

  • Potential economic gains

  • Reduce HIV incidence

  • May benefit most at risk

Botswana
  • Reduce HIV incidence

  • Reduce cost of treatment and care

  • HIV-free newborns

  • Protect HWs

  • May benefit most at risk

  • Reduce HIV incidence

  • Help avoid family breakups

  • HIV-free newborns

  • Potential economic gains

  • Alternative prevention strategy

  • For those who cannot negotiate condom use

  • For high-risk periods

South Africa
  • Reduce HIV incidence

  • May help achieve Millennium Goals

  • For those who cannot negotiate condom use

  • Alternative prevention strategy

  • For those who cannot negotiate condom use

  • May help prevent other illnesses

  • May help to fight stigma

  • Alternative and empowering

  • prevention strategy for most at risk

*

In descending order from most recurrent.

HIV related, maternal and child health and gender equality.

Associated with AIDS (ie, cervical cancer and tuberculosis).

HW, healthcare worker; NGO, non-governmental organisation; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis.