Evaluating DREAMS HIV prevention interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women in high HIV prevalence districts in South Africa: protocol for a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of the population within SA DREAMS IE districts (2011–2017)

	eThekwini	uMgungundlovu	City of Johannesburg	Ekurhuleni
Population Size: 10–24 years AGYW [39]	500,214	153,722	584,104	395,866
Population density per square km [39]	1501.90	113.90	2695.90	1652.00
HIV ANC Prevalence (%) [40]	41.1	42.5	27.5	33.5
People living with HIV (PLHIV) [8]	516,167	225,284	533,960	468,521
Number of AGYW 10–19 years receiving grants^a [41]	64,716	84,942	189,845	155,135
Number of Orphans [41]	86,734	42,000	61,634	55,261
Number of Girls in schools Ages 10–20 years [42]	238,544	74,602	276,185	161,182
Teenage pregnancy (deliveries at facility in women under 18 yrs. and not terminations) (%) [31]	7.0	8.5	3.6	6.2
Number of SALs	300	150	300	300
Number of households	956,713	272,666	1,434,856	1,015,465

Notes: ^aIn this context, a grant refers to the social assistance provided by the South African Social Security Agency in the form of different grants for children (for example Foster Child Grant, Care Dependency Grant, Child Support grant and Grant-in-aid)

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