Table 2
Comparison of monitoring information system (MIS) and Integrated Behavioural and Biologic Assessment (IBBA) coverage data in districts where Avahan was the first and sole implementer
| Survey district, state | Earliest date of any intervention start | Duration of interventions before IBBA (months) | IBBA survey date | IBBA sample size | Exposure to outreach contacts | Exposure to STI clinics | ||
| Percentage of target contacted through outreach in the last month (MIS)* | Percentage reporting exposure to peer educators in past 1 year (IBBA) | Percentage target that ever visited project clinic in the last year (MIS)* | Percentage reporting having visited clinic in past 1 year (IBBA) | |||||
| Female sex workers | ||||||||
| Bellary, Karnataka† | November 2004 | 12 | November to December 2005 | 420 | 76 | 86!* | 41 | 74!* |
| Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu | July 2004 | 21 | April to May 2006 | 408 | 83 | 78 | 90 | 75 |
| Salem, Tamil Nadu | July 2004 | 20 | March to May 2006 | 402 | 39 | 69 | 50 | 71 |
| Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh | April 2004 | 19 | November to December 2005 | 412 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 50 |
| Yavatmal, Maharashtra | February 2005 | 14 | April to May 2006 | 153 | 4 | 83 | 38 | 69 |
| Shimoga, Karnataka | April 2004 | 16 | August to September 2005 | 390 | 31‡ | 68 | 26 | 7!* |
| High-risk men who have sex with men | ||||||||
| East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh | October 2005 | 6 | April 2006 | 405 | 64 | 77 | 13 | 55 |
| Guntur, Andhra Pradesh | January 2006 | 4 | May 2006 | 407 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| Vishakahapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | April 2006 | 1 | May 2006 | 406 | 83** | 93 | 38** | 42 |
| Madurai, Tamil Nadu | July 2004 | 20 | March to May 2006 | 402 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 66 |
| Salem, Tamil Nadu | July 2004 | 20 | March to May 2006 | 403 | 46 | 64 | 80 | 64 |
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↵* December 2008 district denominator used for calculation.
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↵!* IBBA questionnaire for Karnataka is slightly different from the other states. The period is 6 months instead of a year.
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↵‡ The first available data are from October 2006, indicated here.
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↵** The first available data are from December 2006 indicated here.
