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capture barriers of PrEP initiation and retentions, differences, advantages, and disadvantages
between 3 PrEP service delivery models, issues, and recommendations concerning PrEP service

delivery.
3. A study on PrEP clients entailing 2 parts which are:
Part 1. A self-administered questionnaire to assess risk behaviors, factors affecting clients'

decision to initiate, continue or stop oral PrEP, experiences, adverse events of PrEP use, and risk
compensation among key populations in which PrEP clients from hospital-based setting and

KPLHS were categorized into the following 6 groups:
1.1 People who recently initiated PrEP as new PrEP users
1.2 People who had been offered PrEP counselling but did not interest to initiate PrEP

2. PrEP users who had previously discontinued PrEP and restarted PrEP again
3. PrEP users who have been staying on PrEP from 1 month onwards

4. PrEP users who discontinued PrEP at clinic
5. PrEP users who discontinued PrEP for at least one month and did not come back to
PrEP center

Part 2. Individual in-depth interviews using semi-structured questionnaires to identify
factors affecting the decision to initiate PrEP, experiences of PrEP use, challenges, and

recommendations on PrEP service delivery. PrEP clients were categorized into the following 4
groups:
1. New PrEP users who recently initiated PrEP and remained on PrEP

2. Clients who had been offered PrEP but did not initiate PrEP
3. Individuals who had previously discontinued PrEP and restarted PrEP again

4. PrEP users who discontinued PrEP and did not come back for follow-up

2.1 Data collection
The study data collection consists of three parts:

2.1.1 Secondary data analysis of the national PrEP program database
Data of all consecutive patients screened for PrEP eligibility in PrEP databases would be

captured and analyzed to understand the overall picture of PrEP cascades.

2.1.2 Data collection for PrEP clients
This consists of two sections:

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