Prevalence of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C virus, and patterns of HIV testing and seeking STI services
| Zone | Eastern | South-eastern | Southern | Western | Northern | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 4 | Site 5 | Site 6 | Site 7 | Site 8 | Site 9 | Site 10 | Site 11 | Site 12 | Site 13 | Site 14 | |
| Sample size (without seeds) | 293 | 288 | 282 | 296 | 303 | 279 | 288 | 296 | 299 | 284 | 303 | 305 | 291 | 287 |
| HIV prevalence | 7.7 (4–12) | 5.0 (2–8) | 0.6 (0–1) | 0.7 (0–1) | 0.7 (0–2) | 1.5 (0–3) | 1.3 (0–3) | 1.0 (0–3) | 0.2 (0–1) | 1.0 (0–3) | 0.7 (0–3) | 0.3 (0–1) | 0.7 (0–2) | 0 |
| Syphilis prevalence | 8.9 (4–14) | 4.3 (2–7) | 3.4 (1–6) | 5.4 (3–9) | 5.3 (2–8) | 3.4 (1–6) | 4.2 (2–7) | 4.1 (2–7) | 1.8 (1–4) | 1.8 (0–4) | 5.2 (2–10) | 1.5 (0–3) | 1.9 (0–4) | 1.7 (0–4) |
| HCV prevalence | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.2 (0–0.3) | N/A | 0 | 0 | 5.1 (3–8) | 0.5 (0–1) | 2.6 (1–5) | 1.5 (0–3) | 0 | 0.5 (0–1) |
| Ever tested for HIV (%) | 23.9 (17–30) | 22.0 (17–27) | 10.4 (8–16) | 5.4 (3–10) | 14.4 (9–19) | 4.4 (2–7) | 5.2 (2–9) | 8 (5–13) | 8.6 (5–13) | 12.2 (9–18) | 9.4 (6–15) | 17.6 (13–22) | 14.6 (11–21) | 17.9 (13–24) |
| Tested for HIV in the past year (%) | 19.1 (17–24) | 12.1 (9–15) | 8.5 (7–9) | 3.1 (2–5) | 12.4 (10–16) | 0.9 (0–2) | 2.5 (2–4) | 4.5 (3–6) | 5.2 (3–9) | 6.2 (4–9) | 8.1 (7–18) | 9.6 (8–14) | 11.1 (9–14) | 12.7 (9–16) |
| Received HIV test result among those that tested for HIV in the last year (%)* | 96.4 (89–100) | 93.9 (88–99) | 93.5 (88–98) | 51.8 (41–62) | 91.6 (83–99) | 38.5 (30–47) | 93.8 (88–100) | 93.5 (81–99) | 99.3 (98–100) | 93.3 (81–98) | 100 | 96 (91–99) | 89.8 (74–98) | 86 (76–97) |
| Sought STI care at health care facilities when had STI symptoms in the past year (%) | 72.4 (59–86) | 79.2 (71–86) | 39.5 (22–58) | 41.6 (35–47) | 24 (19–29) | 39.5 (28–52) | 51.2 (40–63) | 21.1 (11–35) | 48.9 (37–59) | 70.5 (57–82) | 55.8 (45–67) | 100 | 72.2 (53–85) | 70.2 (60–82) |
*Of note is that the denominators for the indicator ‘Received HIV test result among those that tested for HIV in the last year’ are low since the proportion of FSW who tested for HIV in the past year is low.
FSW, female sex worker; HCV, hepatitis C virus; STI, sexually transmitted infections.