Table 4 Characteristics of sentinel surveillance sites as collected on the site assessment questionnaire (n = 51)
Characteristic | Response | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Setting | Urban | 25 (49.0) |
Rural | 26 (51.0) | |
Ownership | Government | 33 (64.7) |
Mission | 8 (15.7) | |
City council | 10 (19.6) | |
Private clinic | 0 (0.0) | |
Other | 0 (0.0) | |
Onsite Rapid testing | Yes | 51 (100.0) |
No | 0 (0.0) | |
PMTCT testing approach | Opt out | 47 (92.2) |
Opt in | 3 (5.9) | |
Missing | 1 (1.9) | |
HIV test kits stock out in 2011 | Yes | 17 (33.3) |
No | 33 (64.7) | |
Among sites reporting test kits stock out in 2011, the number of distinct instances of stock out | 1–2 | 14 (100.0) |
Missing | 3 (17.6) | |
Syphilis testing done on site | Yes | 42 (82.4) |
No | 9 (17.7) | |
ANC register is a longitudinal register | Yes | 44 (86.3) |
No | 5 (9.8) | |
Missing | 2 (3.9) | |
Women who are known HIV-positive at booking are still given an HIV test for PMTCT | Yes | 6 (11.8) |
No | 43 (84.3) | |
Missing | 2 (3.9) | |
Among those sites that do not test a women who is known HIV-positive at booking, what is recorded in the HIV test result field | Positive | 18 (41.9) |
Known positive/on ARV | 15 (34.9) | |
Nothing recorded | 6 (14.0) | |
Other | 4 (9.3) | |
Information is recorded to indicate that a pregnant woman already knows she is HIV positive | Yes | 47 (92.2) |
No | 2 (3.9) | |
Missing | 2 (3.9) | |
Among sites that do record the status of previously known positive, in what field is the information recorded | HIV status before booking | 16 (34.0) |
Already on ART | 2 (4.3) | |
HIV test result in ANC | 11 (23.4) | |
Notes/comments | 7 (14.9) | |
Other | 1 (2.1) | |
Missing | 9 (19.1) | |
What is recorded for “HIV test result” is a woman refuses an HIV test | Not applicable | 1 (1.96) |
Refused | 31 (60.8) | |
Nothing recorded | 2 (3.9) | |
Other | 17 (33.3) |