Targeted interventions of the Avahan program and their association with intermediate outcomes among female sex workers in Maharashtra, India

Table 1 District-level Avahan intended coverage and history of intervention in Maharashtra

Districts	District population¹ (thousands)	Estimated size of FSW in districts²	Avahan intended coverage	History / type of intervention coverage*	IBBA sample
					R-I	R-II
Ahmednagar	4,088	9,57	100%	First and solo
Beed	2,161	2,280	87%	Not first but major
Jalgaon	3,679	8,80	66%	Not first but major
Kolhapur	3,515	1,109	41%	Not first but equal	115	190
Latur	2,080	1,830	51%	Not first but major
Mumbai brothel	13,830	23,483⁺	43%	Not first but major	407	395
Mumbai street			42%	Not first but major	394	385
Nandurbar	1,309	4,09	100%	First and solo
Nashik	4,993	8,19	63%	Not first but major
Parbhani	1,527	2,135	72%	Not first but major	367	303
Pune brothel	9,924	7,223⁺	100%	Not first but equal	404	403
Pune street			81%	Not first but major	257	266
Sangli	2,583	2,020	100%	Not first but solo
Satara	2,796	5,06	76%	Not first but solo
Solapur	3,849	6,050	79%	Not first and only clinical services
Thane brothel	8,131	12,704⁺	27%	Not first but major	401	384
Thane street			100%	Not first but major	394	395
Yavatmal	2,460	9,69	100%	First and solo	153	157

Source: 1-Census 2001; 2-District mapping data 3-Avahan CMIS 2009
First and solo: 1) Prior to Avahan (i.e. 2003), there was no intervention for FSWs; 2) Currently, Avahan is the only intervention in the district.
Not first but major: Prior to Avahan (i.e. 2003), FSW interventions existed in the districts and currently Avahan covers more than 50% of the mapped FSW population in the district
Not first but equal: Prior to Avahan (i.e. 2003), FSW interventions existed in the districts and currently Avahan covers 30-50% of the mapped FSW population in the district
Not first and only clinical services: Prior to Avahan (i.e. 2003), FSW interventions existed in the districts and Avahan provides only clinical services in the district
+ Size estimate by typology was not available

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