Table 1

Description of 15 studies included in the systematic review in alphabetical order

AuthorsYear of publicationName of ProgrammeLocationRegionTarget populationStudy designSample size
Arantxa Colchero et al412016MSM-targeted Combination Prevention Programme InitiativeMexicoCentral AmericaMSMQuasi-experimental24 (cities)
Beattie et al372016Samvedana PlusIndiaAsiaFSWCluster randomised controlled trial800
Buttolph et al472017MP3 Youth StudyKenyaAfricaFSWMixed-methods, cross-sectional, longitudinal cohort pilot study1000
Chiao et al422009Multilevel Social Action-based Theory InterventionPhilippinesAsiaPregnant and postpartum womenRandomised quasi-experimental, pre/post980
Cowan et al382017Sisters Antiretroviral Prevention Programme—an Integrated ResponseZimbabweAfricaPWIDCluster randomised control trial2883
Fatti et al482017Community-based Combination HIV Prevention InterventionSouth AfricaAfricaPregnant and postpartum womenCohort study1356
Firestone et al192014PASMOGuatemal, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and PanamaCentral AmericaMSMQuasi-experimental using statistical matching technique3531
Futterman et al432010Mamekhaya ProgrammeSouth AfricaAfricaPregnant womenPre/post with comparison160
Go et al392015Sexual and Injecting Risk Reduction among HIV-infected PWIDVietnamAsiaMSMRandomised controlled trial810
Kerrigan et al462017Project ShikamanaTanzaniaAfricaFSWCommunity-randomised controlled trial496
Mergenova et al402018Project NovaKazakhstanCentral AsiaFSW, PWIDCluster-randomised controlled trial354
Ramakrishnan et al492011Avahan InitiativeIndiaAsiaFSWCross-sectional9667
Souverein et al442012PragatiIndiaAsiaFSWObservational study17 092
USAID362014PrevenSidaNicaraguaCentral AmericaFSW, MSM, transgenderPre/Post1393
Wirtz et al452015Comprehension HIV Prevention InterventionMalawiAfricaMSMProspective pre/post103
  • FSW, female sex workers; MSM, men who have sex with men;PASMO, The Pan-American Social Marketing Organization; PWID, people who inject drugs; USAID, United States Agency for International Development.