Table 1.
Characteristics of Project ACT Countries (N = 7)
| Burundi | Cameroon | Côte d’Ivoire | Dominican Republic | Ghana | Jamaica | Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country population size | 11.9 million | 26.5 million | 26.4 million | 10.8 million | 31 million | 2.9 million | 14.9 million |
| Life expectancy, 2018 | 61 years | 59 years | 57 years | 74 years | 64 years | 74 years | 61 years |
|
Total AIDS cases, 2018 (Adult prevalence, 15–49 years) |
82,000 (1.0%) |
540,000 (3.6%) |
460,000 (2.6%) |
70,000 (.9%) |
330,000 (1.7%) |
40,000 (1.9%) |
1,300,000 (12.7%) |
| Estimated HIV prevalence, 2018 (gay/bisexual men) | 4.8% | 20.7% | 12.3% | 4.0% | 18.0% | 29.8% | 31.0% |
| Estimated HIV prevalence, 2018 (transgender women) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Criminalization law | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Social acceptance of LGBTQI rank (out of 174 countries) | 160 | 145 | 127 | 55 | 141 | 93 | 149 |
| Political governance | Authoritarian | Authoritarian | Hybrid | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Authoritarian |
| State democratic fragility score (possible range = 0–25) | 21 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
We do not identify the names of the Project ACT partner organizations to protect their security