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Table 1 District-level intended Avahan coverage and intervention in Maharashtra for high-risk men who have sex with men and transgendered persons (HR-MSM/TG)

From: Increase in condom use and decline in prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among high-risk men who have sex with men and transgender persons in Maharashtra, India: Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative

Districts

District population1(thousands)

Estimated size of HR-MSM/TG in districts2

Avahan intended coverage3

History/type of intervention coverage*

IBBA samplea

Round 1

Round 2

Ahmednagar

4,088

534

100%

First and solo

  

Beed

2,161

791

84%

First and solo

  

Jalgaon

3,679

594

100%

First and solo

  

Kolhapur

3,515

596

100%

First and solo

  

Latur

2,080

256

48%

First and solo

  

Mumbai

13,830

14,266

21%

Not first and minor

400+

373+

Thane

8,131

800

12%

No Avahan intervention

Nandurbar

1,309

41

100%

First and solo

  

Nashik

4,993

172

100%

First and solo

  

Parbhani

1,527

202

100%

First and solo

  

Pune

9,924

3,200

100%

Not first but solo

253

279

Sangli

2,583

400

54%

Not first but solo

  

Satara

2,796

185

37%

First and solo

  

Solapur

3,849

1,001

50%

Not first and only clinical services

  

Yavatmal

2,460

204

100%

First and solo

  
  1. Sources: 1) Census 2001; 2) District mapping data; 3) Avahan’s computerized monitoring and information system (CMIS) 2009.
  2. *First and solo: 1) Prior to Avahan (i.e., 2003), when there was no intervention for MSM/TG; 2) Avahan was the only intervention in the district.
  3. Not first but major: Prior to Avahan (i.e., 2003), when MSM interventions existed; currently Avahan covers more than 50% of the mapped HR-MSM/TG population in the district.
  4. Not first but equal: Prior to Avahan (i.e., 2003), when MSM interventions existed; currently Avahan covers 30–50% of the mapped MSM population in the district.
  5. Not first and only clinical services: Prior to Avahan (i.e., 2003), when MSM interventions existed; Avahan provides only clinical services in the district.
  6. +Mumbai and Thane were together considered one domain for sampling.
  7. aIBBA: Integrated behavioral and biological assessment.
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