Table 2. Participant characteristics.
| Characteristics | Number of informants |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 23 |
| Male | 8 |
| Role | |
| Site PI | 9 |
| Study Coordinator | 7 |
| Community Manager | 5 |
| Recruitment Officer | 10 |
| Country | |
| South Africa | 23 |
| Uganda | 3 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| Malawi | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 |
| HIV Prevention Trial* | |
| MTN 020 (ASPIRE) | 14 |
| MTN 003 (VOICE) | 10 |
| FACTS 001 | 10 |
| IPM 027 (The Ring Study) | 10 |
| FEM-PrEP | 2 |
| CAPRISA 004 | 1 |
| TDF2 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 31 |
*Some interviewees had experience with more than one trial.
Informants discussed strategies they used to reach women with PrEP, both in terms of how to reach women for recruitment purposes and how to effectively deliver and frame messaging around PrEP to motivate uptake.