Procedures for PrEP initiation
The primary objective of the project was to sustainably catalyse scale‐up of PrEP delivery and to study the process of integrating PrEP services within existing public health structures. Thus, all direct PrEP delivery services, including PrEP demand creation, HIV risk assessment, PrEP eligibility determination, HIV testing, counselling, prescribing, dispensing and client follow‐up activities were fully performed by existing Ministry of Health (MOH) healthcare providers, without additional financial support beyond training and technical assistance. Healthcare providers typically included clinical officers, nurses, HIV counsellors and pharmacy technicians already stationed at the implementing clinics. PrEP eligibility was determined according to the Kenya MOH PrEP guidelines [