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Table 1 Summary of current HIV testing, treatment, and care indicators

From: Improving HIV outcomes in resource-limited countries: the importance of quality indicators

STEP ALONG CONTINUUM

INDICATORS

 

UNAIDS

Global Fund for HIV, TB, & Malaria

PEPFAR

a) HIV Testing & Diagnosis

% high risk persons HIV- tested with known result last 12 months

% high risk persons HIV-tested with known result last 12 months

# persons HIV-tested & received result

% M & F 15-49y HIV tested with known result last 12 months

% M & F 15-49y HIV-tested with known result last 12 months

% M & F 15-49y HIV-tested with known result last 12 months

 

% sexually active M & F 15-24y HIV-tested with known result last 12 months

 

b) Linkage to Care

   

c) ART Eligibility: Clinical, Laboratory, & Psychosocial Assessment↕

% patients with incident TB treated for TB & HIV

 

% patients screened for TB

  

% patients that started TB treatment

  

# malnourished patients that received therapeutic or supplementary food

  

# eligible clients that received food &/or nutrition services

d) ART Preparation: Literacy Training, OI Prophylaxis, and Adherence Assessment↕

 

% eligible adults & children that received co-trimoxazole prophylaxis

# patients that received co-trimoxazole prophylaxis

e) ART Initiation

% adults & children with advanced HIV receiving ART

% adults & children with advanced HIV receiving ART

% adults & children with advanced HIV receiving ART

  

% ART facilities monitoring CD4 in accordance with national guidelines

# adults and children with HIV infection newly enrolled on ART

  

# and% persons starting ART who picked up all ART drugs on time

# adults and children with advanced HIV infection receiving ART

  

% ART facilities that have experienced a stock-out of at least one required ART drug in the last 12 months

 

f) Retention in Care

% adults & children known to be on treatment 12 months after ART initiation

 

% of adults & children known to be alive & on treatment 12 months after ART initiation

Clinical Outcomes

   

Other

 

% health facilities that offer ART

# service outlets providing ART services according to national or international standards

   

# health workers trained to deliver ART services according to published standards

  1. A-F are points on the HIV care continuum shown in Figure 1; ART: antiretroviral therapy, TB: tuberculosis; Global Fund recommended indicators, disaggregated by sex, age, and pregnancy status; ↕reference group is HIV positive patients enrolled in HIV care.