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Table 2 Antenatal HIV counselling and testing among new attendees at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, 2002-2009

From: Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-2009

Period

HIV testing Approach

New ANC attendees

N

Counselled

n (%)

Tested

n (%)

HIV-positive

n (%)

May 02 - April 03

VCT

6 298

1 903 (30.2)

209 (3.3)

45 (21.5)

May 03 - April 04

VCT

6 468

4 407 (68.1)

900 (13.9)

101 (11.2)

May 04 - April 05

VCT

7 982

5 811 (72.8)

3 546 (44.4)

288 (8.1)

May 05 - April 06

VCT

8 358

6 462 (77.3)

1 915 (22.9)

132 (6.9)

May 06 - April 07

RCT

8 079

7 286 (90.2)

6 393 (79.1)

356 (5.6)

May 07 - April 08

RCT

8 999

8 851 (98.4)

7 353 (81.7)

387 (5.3)

May 08 - April 09

RCT

8 245

8 034 (97.4)

7 792 (94.5)

404 (5.2)