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Table 2 Total and proportional spending per prevention category in 53 countries, by epidemic type, 2008 (USD thousands)

From: Pattern and levels of spending allocated to HIV prevention programs in low- and middle-income countries

   

Low-level

 

Concentrated

 

Generalized

 

AIDS spending category

Total

% spending

Total

% spending

Total

% spending

Total

% spending

Communication for social and behavioral change

107,373

16%

5,058

12

35,040

11

67,275

21

Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT)

91,408

14%

1,665

4

32,589

11

57,154

18

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

87,913

13%

854

2

34,980

11

52,079

16

Blood safety

69,542

10%

5,252

13

41,271

13

23,019

7

Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI)

40,937

6%

1,507

4

36,081

12

3,348

1

Prevention activities not disaggregated by intervention

37,617

6%

287

1

5,576

2

31,755

10

Community mobilization

33,128

5%

1,194

3

19,259

6

12,675

4

Condom social marketing

30,441

5%

4,340

11

6,834

2

19,267

6

Risk-reduction for vulnerable and accessible populations

25,777

4%

2,725

7

18,650

6

4,402

1

Harm-reduction programmes for injecting drug users

22,244

3%

6,275

15

15,451

5

518

0

Prevention - Youth in school

21,414

3%

1,902

5

7,034

2

12,477

4

Prevention programmes for sex workers and their clients

19,764

3%

2,555

6

13,513

4

3,696

1

Public and commercial sector male condom provision

15,817

2%

554

1

4,153

1

11,110

3

Prevention programmes in the workplace

13,296

2%

474

1

3,657

1

9,165

3

Prevention activities not elsewhere classified

10,881

2%

1,439

4

8,102

3

1,340

0

Programmes for men who have sex with men

9,887

1%

1,691

4

7,989

3

207

0

Prevention - Youth out-of-school

9,426

1%

671

2

6,779

2

1,976

1

Safe medical injections

6,727

1%

1,425

3

16

0

5,287

2

Prevention of HIV transmission aimed at people living with HIV

5,254

1%

363

1

3,160

1

1,732

1

Universal precautions

4,802

1%

537

1

4,185

1

80

0

Post-exposure prophylaxis

2,647

0.00

1

0

2,451

1

194

0

Male circumcision

1,089

0.00

0

0

922

0

168

0

Public and commercial sector female condom provision

1,060

0.00

9

0

722

0

329

0

Microbicides

21

0.00

0

0

21

0

-

0