In India, MSM and the transgender community are at greater risk of HIV infection compared to the general population.

Interventions with KPs require a more nuanced understanding of their health needs and their socio-environmental contexts.

Key populations (KPs) including female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender communities (TG), and persons who inject drugs (PWID) remain vulnerable to HIV infection. Although India’s HIV prevention, testing and treatment efforts have resulted in substantial declines in HIV prevalence, the coverage of key populations with critical interventions remains sub-optimal. AIDS-related mortality is estimated at 4.43 per 100,000 population in 2019, a decline from its peak of 25 per 100,000 during 2004/05. An estimated 63000 new HIV infections occurred in 2021, a 37% decrease since 2010. India has the third-largest HIV epidemic in the world, with 2.3 million people estimated to be living with HIV. Low and middle-income countries bear most of this burden. Yet, with a global HIV prevalence of 0.8%, an estimated 37.9 million people were living with HIV in 2018. Globally, the number of people newly infected or dying due to HIV and AIDS have reduced in recent years. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.'Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Ramanaik ( or Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bengaluru, India ( This study was funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India. However, to protect respondent privacy and other personally identifiable information from the qualitative nature of data, any interested researchers will be able to access the data by writing to corresponding authors Dr. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: Yes, all data and materials from the this study are available without any restriction.

Received: MaAccepted: FebruPublished: February 22, 2023Ĭopyright: © 2023 Ramanaik et al. (2023) Acceptability of PrEP among MSM and transgender communities-Qualitative findings from two metropolitan cities in India. Citation: Ramanaik S, Sinha AP, Mukherjee A, Pujar A, Subramanyam K, Gopalan A, et al.

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