Caribbean (2006): HIV TRaC-M Study Evaluating Condom Use among Sex Workers in Dominica and Grenada and Men who have Sex with Men in St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago. First Round.

In July and August 2006, the TRaC-M survey reported here was conducted among sex workers in Dominica and Grenada, whose estimated population is between 150 and 200 in each country, and among men who have sex with men in St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago, with estimated populations of 1,500, 800-1,000, and 13,000-17,000 respectively. At the time of the survey only some activities were being implemented in these countries. The campaign will run from January 2006 to September 2007 in twelve countries of the region. Total costs are estimated at approximately US $1,000,000 with funding also provided by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AID S. The purpose of the TRaC-M survey is to monitor condom use behavior, key output level indicators in the project's logical framework (Appendix 3) and exposure to the intervention among these populations. The first round o f the survey measured early exposure to the intervention; a second round will be conducted in 2007 between June and September. TRaC-M surveys use lot quality assurance sampling to identify in a low cost manner populations who are or are not achieving project targets.