TABLE 1. Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation among general and key populations and percentage change in PrEP initiation in general and key populations — 35 U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief–funded country or regional programs, October 2016–September 2018.
| Characteristic | Quarter |
% Increase Oct 2016–Sep 2018 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct–Dec 2016 | Jan–Mar 2017 | Apr–Jun 2017 | Jul–Sep 2017 | Oct–Dec 2017 | Jan–Mar 2018 | Apr–Jun 2018 | Jul–Sep 2018 | ||
|
Total PrEP clients enrolled
|
888 |
3,250 |
6,155 |
10,945 |
10,062 |
13,588 |
22,086 |
30,644 |
3,351 |
|
General population (%)*
|
387 (44) |
2,308 (71) |
3,188 (52) |
7,228 (66) |
6,509 (65) |
8,621 (63) |
15,277 (69) |
20,723 (68) |
5,255 |
|
Key populations (%)*
|
501 (56) |
942 (29) |
2,967 (48) |
3,717 (34) |
3,553 (35) |
4,967 (37) |
6,809 (31) |
9,921 (32) |
1,880 |
| Female sex workers (%)† |
390 (78) |
709 (75) |
1,470 (50) |
2,125 (57) |
2,075 (58) |
3,106 (63) |
4,098 (60) |
6,553 (66) |
1,580 |
| Men who have sex with men (%)† |
89 (18) |
186 (20) |
1,463 (49) |
1,495 (40) |
1,411 (40) |
1,752 (35) |
2,615 (38) |
3,220 (32) |
3,518 |
| Transgender women (%)† |
22 (4) |
47 (5) |
34 (1) |
97 (3) |
67 (19) |
109 (2) |
96 (1) |
148 (1) |
573 |
|
No. of country or regional programs reporting PrEP initiation
|
5 |
7 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
200 |
| No. of country or regional programs reporting PrEP initiation among key populations | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 333 |
Abbreviation: AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
* Percentage of all PrEP clients.
† Percentage of all key population clients.