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Table 3 Male partners counselled and tested for HIV 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

Male partnersa counselled

N

Male partners tested

n (%)

Male partners HIV-positive

n (%)

May 02 - April 03

VCT

8

7 (87.5)

3 (42.9)

May 03 - April 04

VCT

6

6 (100)

1 (16.7)

May 04 - April 05

VCT

32

28 (87.5)

8 (28.6)

May 05 - April 06

VCT

34

29 (85.3)

3 (10.3)

May 06 - April 07

RCT

103

103 (100)

11 (10.7)

May 07 - April 08

RCT

92

92 (100)

9 (9.8)

May 08 - April 09

RCT

194

194 (100)

5 (2.6)

  1. a All male partners who accompanied their spouses for antenatal care were counselled (100%) and most of them were tested for HIV in the antenatal clinic.