Table 1 Summary of distribution, onsite testing, and offsite interview outcomes
From: Costs of distributing HIV self-testing kits in Eswatini through community and workplace models
HIVST Distribution and Primary Client Data per Distribution Model, April 2019 to March 2020 | ||||
Community N (%) | Workplace N (%) | Total | ||
Total # of tests distributed | 15,864 (83%) | 3291 (17%) | 19,155 | |
Total # of clients reached | 11,091 (85%) | 1932 (15%) | 13,031 | |
Average # of tests per client | 1.43 | 1.70 | 1.47 | |
Onsite HIV Self-Testing Results per Distribution Model, April 2019 to March 2020 | ||||
Community N (%) | Workplace N (%) | Total N (%) | ||
Total # of clients reached | 11,091 | 1932 | 13,023 | |
On/offsite Testing | ||||
Did not test on site | 7929 (71%) | 1784 (92%) | 9713 (75%) | |
Tested on site | 3162 (29%) | 148 (8%) | 3310 (25%) | |
Onsite Testing Results | ||||
Reactive | 67 (2%) | 9 (6%) | 76 (2%) | |
Non-reactive | 3055 (97%) | 136 (92%) | 3191 (96%) | |
Results non-disclosed | 40 (1%) | 3 (2%) | 43 (1%) | |
Results of Follow-up Calls with HIVST Primary Clients | ||||
Community N (%) | Workplace N (%) | Unknown N (%) | Total N (%) | |
Total # of primary clients followed-up | 687 | 234 | 1073 | 1994 |
Reported use of HIVST kit (n = 1994) | ||||
Yes | 572 (83%) | 196 (84%) | 591 (55%) | 1359 (68%) |
No | 29 (4%) | 7 (3%) | 37 (3%) | 73 (4%) |
NA/No Response | 86 (13%) | 31 (13%) | 445 (41%) | 562 (28%) |
Reported HIVST result (n = 1395) | ||||
Reactive | 24 (4%) | 4 (2%) | 37 (6%) | 65 (5%) |
Non-reactive | 541 (95%) | 186 (95%) | 537 (91%) | 1264 (93%) |
Unknown/No Response | 7 (1%) | 6 (3%) | 17 (3%) | 30 (2%) |
Confirmed testing (n = 65) | ||||
Yes | 15 (63%) | 1 (25%) | 15 (41%) | 31 (48%) |
No | 1 (4%) | - | 1 (3%) | 2 (3%) |
Unknown/No Response | 8 (33%) | 3 (75%) | 21 (57%) | 32 (49%) |
Confirmed HIV result (n = 31) | ||||
Positive | 14 (93%) | 1 (100%) | 13 (87%) | 28 (90%) |
Negative | - | - | - | - |
Unknown/No Response | 1 (7%) | - | 2 (13%) | 3 (10%) |
Initiated ART (n = 28) | ||||
Yes | 9 (64%) | 1 (100%) | 7 (54%) | 17 (61%) |
No | 2 (14%) | - | 2 (15%) | 4 (14%) |
NA/No Response | 3 (21%) | - | 4 (31%) | 7 (25%) |
Total # of Secondary clients | 344 | 135 | 324 | 803 |
Reported use of HIVST kit (n = 803) | ||||
Yes | 205 (60%) | 80 (59%) | 228 (70%) | 513 (64%) |
No | 40 (12%) | 25 (19%) | 60 (19%) | 125 (16%) |
NA/No Response | 99 (29%) | 30 (22%) | 36 (11%) | 165 (21%) |
Reported result of HIVST (n = 513) | ||||
Reactive | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 7 (3%) | 10 (2%) |
Non-reactive | 185 (90%) | 63 (79%) | 207 (91%) | 455 (89%) |
NA/No Response | 18 (9%) | 16 (20%) | 14 (6%) | 48 (9%) |
Confirmed HIV result (n = 10) | ||||
Positive | 1 (50%) | - | 2 (29%) | 3 (30%) |
Negative | - | - | - | - |
NA/No Response | 1 (50%) | 1 (100%) | 5 (71%) | 7 (70%) |
Initiated ART (n = 3) | ||||
Yes | - | - | - | - |
No | - | - | - | - |
NA/No Response | 1 (100%) | - | 2 (100%) | 3 (100%) |