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. 2025 Jan;26(1):26-35.
doi: 10.1111/hiv.13702. Epub 2024 Aug 25.

Assessment of targeted intervention programme under the National AIDS Control Program among men who have sex with men in India

Shruti Vashisht  1 , Nishakar Thakur  1 , Shashi Kant  1 , Sanjay Rai  1 , Shreya Jha  1
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Assessment of targeted intervention programme under the National AIDS Control Program among men who have sex with men in India

Shruti Vashisht et al. HIV Med. 2025 Jan.

Abstract

Introduction: The population of men who have sex with men (MSM) in India is vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. India instituted a targeted intervention (TI) programme to reduce this vulnerability. We aimed to measure the assessment of the TI programme for MSM.

Materials and methods: The national Integrated Biological and Behavioural Survey (IBBS) was carried out in 2014-2015. We analysed MSM data from the IBBS and used bivariate and multivariate logistic regression to calculate the unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. The use of a condom during their last sexual intercourse and consistent condom use during the previous month were considered indicators of programme effectiveness. The propensity score matching method was used to assess the effectiveness of the TI programme.

Results: The matched-samples estimate (i.e., average treatment effect on treated) for the use of condoms during their last sexual intercourse increased by 10.0% (0.10; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.08-0.12), and consistent condom use during the previous month increased by 9.0% (0.09; 95% CI 0.07-0.10) among those who had received condoms from the peer educator/outreach worker compared with those who had not received condoms.

Conclusions: The TI programme intervention among MSM was effective in reducing HIV risk behaviours, as evidenced by an increase in the use of condoms during their last sexual intercourse and consistent condom use during the last month.

Keywords: men who have sex with men; programme evaluation; propensity score matching; targeted intervention.

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