Table 1.
Sisters programme implementation by year showing number of clinics operating, intensity of clinical service provision, numbers and age of peer educators
| Year of program operation | # Static sitesa | # Out‐reach sitesb | # Peer educators | # Sites young sisters program | # Peer educators aged <25 | # FSW seen | % FSW < 25 | % FSW < 20 | # FSW seen first time | % FSW first time <25 | % First time FSW < 20 | # Reached by community mobilization | % FSW aware of HIV statusc | % Consistent condom use last month | % Condom use at last sex with client | Comment on implementation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 4d | 41 | 0 | NA | 322 | 25.8 | 6.5 | 322 | 25.8 | 6.5 | NA | 23.9 | 38.4 | NA | |
| 2010 | 3 | 13d | 131 | 0 | NA | 3394 | 22.3 | 5.8 | 3196 | 22.2 | 5.9 | NA | 44.6 | 35.5 | NA | |
| 2011 | 3 | 13d | 131 | 0 | NA | 5083 | 21.0 | 5.8 | 3642 | 22.2 | 6.4 | NA | 58.9 | 35.4 | 40.6 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 13d | 131 | 0 | NA | 4021 | 22.3 | 7.4 | 2442 | 25.1 | 8.9 | NA | 67.1 | 44.7 | 69.8 | Funding interrupted for four months |
| 2013 | 6 | 27d | 100 | 0 | NA | 6151 | 23.7 | 7.3 | 4255 | 25.0 | 7.8 | NA | 69.6 | 35.1 | 57.7 | Election year slowed programme implementation |
| 2014 | 6 | 30e | 170 | 3 | NA | 13,045 | 23.7 | 7.8 | 9895 | 25.9 | 8.8 | 4560 | 72.8 | 28.0 | 69.8 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 30e | 170 | 3 | NA | 16,688 | 23.8 | 7.5 | 10,539 | 27.8 | 9.5 | 17,186 | 75.9 | 24.2 | 74.3 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 30e | 184 | 9 | 54 | 18,539 | 25.5 | 7.8 | 10,657 | 32.9 | 11.5 | 21,885 | 75.3 | 51.4 | 70.1 | Funding to 18 outreach sites withdrawn for four months |
| 2017 | 6 | 30e | 280 | 24 | 90 | 24,563 | 30.0 | 11.7 | 15,638 | 38.5 | 16.7 | 13,348 | 69.3 | 51.9 | 64.6 | Supplemental funding for activities in five main cities |
| 2018 | 10 | 20e | 191 | 30 | 65 | 10,731 | 28.2 | 9.5 | 5066 | 38.4 | 15.0 | 2485 | 73.7 | 59.4 | 64.8 | January to June only. Delayed implementation – donor funding transition |
astatic sites sited in government clinics, open all day Monday to ‐Friday; boutreach sites in small towns, mines highways, sited in government clinics; caware of HIV positive status or tested HIV negative within six months when attended clinic; dopen one day each fortnight. Peer educators on site in between; eopen one day per week, peer educators on site in between.