Table 1.
Brief descriptions of PrEP programmes available in the Asia‐Pacific
Programme name | Year | Location | Populations | Access point(s) | References |
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PrEP‐30 | Dec 2014 | Thailand | Males & females | TRCARC a Anonymous clinic | Colby et al. [28] |
Colby et al. [29] | |||||
Test, Treat, and Prevent HIV programme | April 2015 | Thailand | MSM, TGW | 5 hospitals‐based outpatient clinics in Thailand, with 2 delivered PrEP: (i) Lerdsin Hospital in central Bangkok; (ii) Thammasat Hospital in Prathum Thani | Ongwandee et al. [30] |
PrEP substudy | Oct 2015 | Thailand | MSM, TGW | 4 Thai urban community clinics: RSAT b and SWING c in Bangkok; SWING c & Sisters d in Pattaya | Plotzker et al. [31] |
O2O Programme | Jan 2016 | Thailand | Male at birth | 4 clinics in Bangkok (TRCARC a Anonymous Clinic, Adam’s Love Clinic, & 2 community‐based drop‐in centres operated by RSAT b , & SWING c ) | Anand et al. [32] |
Anand et al. [33] | |||||
Princess PrEP programme | Jan 2016 | Thailand | MSM, TGW | 8 community health centres operated by CBOs in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Chonburi & Songkhla | Phanuphak et al. [34] |
Ramautarsing [35] | |||||
Seekaew et al. [36] | |||||
KP‐led Prepped for PrEP‐P4P | Mar 2016 | Vietnam | MSM, TGW, FSW, PWID & their sex partners | 11 CBOs (assessment); 4 private clinics & 5 public clinics (PrEP prescription) in Ho Chi Minh & Hanoi | Ramautarsing [35] |
Green [37] | |||||
PrEP‐India | 2016 | India | FSW | Ashodaya Samithi clinic in Mysore, Karnataka, India; DMSC e Clinic in Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Reza‐Paul [38] |
Reza‐Paul et al. [39] | |||||
Reza‐Paul [40] | |||||
EPIC‐NSW | Dec 2016 | Australia | MSM, TGW, & high‐risk heterosexual men & women | 10 public sexual health clinics in New South Wales | Schmidt et al. [41] |
Zablotska et al. [42] | |||||
Grulich et al. [43] | |||||
Vaccher et al. [44] | |||||
NZPrEP | Feb 2017 | New Zealand | GBM | 4 publicly funded sexual health clinics in Auckland; 2 pharmacies (PrEP dispensation) | Saxton et al. [45] |
Myers et al. [46] | |||||
Saxton et al. [47] | |||||
Azariah et al. [48] | |||||
PrEP‐PAPA Project | Aug 2017 | Taiwan | High risk individuals | 1 public hospital in Taiwan (assessment) | Ku [49] |
Chu et al. [50] | |||||
Project PrEPPY | 2017 | Philippines | MSM, TGW | 2 Love Yourself’s clinic in Manila | Rosadiño [51] |
Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre.
Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand.
Service Workers IN Group.
Sisters Foundation.
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee.