TABLE 3.

Review of National HIV Guidelines, Pre-2017 and Post-2017

Document Categories2013–2017, % (No.)2017–2020, % (No.) 
PrEP specified for PLP under any circumstance (i.e., as a priority population or in limited circumstances)41 (7)73 (8)
 PrEP specified for PLP as a priority population12 (2)a36 (4)b
 PrEP specified for PLP in limited circumstances29 (5)c36 (4)d
PrEP specified as a prevention method but PLP not specified18 (3)e27 (3)f
PrEP specified as a prevention method but not approved or included for implementation12 (2)g0
PrEP not specified or mentioned at all29 (5)h0
Total reviewed1711
  • Abbreviations: PLP, pregnant and lactating people; PrEP, preexposure prophylaxis.

  • aSouth Africa and Zambia.

  • bMalawi, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.

  • cBotswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

  • dKenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

  • eLesotho, Nigeria, and Uganda.

  • fCote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and United Republic of Tanzania.

  • gCameroon and Malawi.

  • hEswatini, Haiti, Mozambique, Rwanda, and United Republic of Tanzania.