Table 1 Description of community-based ART models for key populations in Benue State, Nigeria
| Â | Community drop-in-centre (DIC) | Community outreach venues with mobile ART team | Community-based one stop shop clinic |
|---|---|---|---|
Target population | FSW, MSM, PWID | FSW, MSM, PWID | FSW, MSM, PWID |
HIV care delivery point | A safe place where KP can meet/gather for social and clinical activities | DIC plus mobile health team (clinician, nurses and peer educators) to homes, and hotspots including hotels, brothels, bunkers | Provision of KP friendly health care services in a trusted community ART centre |
Location | Semi-urban | Rural or semi-urban | Urban |
Operation hours | Daily | Once or twice per week | 5-days per week |
Package of services | Peer-led HIV counselling and testing, antiretroviral treatment, accompany referral, tracking of clinic defaulters by peers and network, provision of condoms, KP sensitization training for HCWs | Peer-led HIV counselling and testing, antiretroviral treatment, accompany referral, tracking of defaulters by peers and network, provision of condoms, KP sensitization training for HCWs | Peer-led HIV counselling and testing, antiretroviral treatment, accompany referral, tracking of clinic defaulters by peers and network, provision of condoms, KP sensitization training for HCWs, cervical cancer screening) |
Care providers | Health professionals: community ART Nurse Community/Lay health workers: Peer educators, community mobilising officers, adherence counsellors | Mobile ART Team (mART): ART Clinician, Pharmacist, and Medical Laboratory Scientist from the OSS clinic Community/Lay health workers: Peer educators/community mobilising officers | Health professionals: ART Clinician, ART Nurse, Pharmacist and Medical Laboratory Scientist Community/Lay health workers: Peer educators, community mobilising officers, adherence counsellors |
Roles of KP community or lay HCWs in HIV care | Community sensitization and mobilisation, HTS, adherence counselling, ART refill and referral | Community sensitization and mobilisation, HTS, adherence counselling, ART refill and referral | Community sensitization and mobilisation, HTS, adherence counselling, ART refill and referral |