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Table 2 Number of HIV tests conducted from October 2016 to September 2017

From: Assessing the costs and efficiency of HIV testing and treatment services in rural Malawi: implications for future “test and start” strategies

Facility

No. staff / trained

No. FTE staff

No. FTE counsellorsa

Testing episodes

(1st test Determine)

Confirmatory (2nd test Unigold)

New positive

Annual positivity rate

Clinic A

4 / 3

1.0

0.6

520

26

19

3.7%

Clinic B

9 / 9

4.0

4.0

3144

178

74

2.4%

Clinic C

3 / 0

2.5

2.5

1916

64

36

1.9%

Hospital D

13 / 0

4.2

4.0

3385

152

84

2.5%

Hospital E

8 / 0

4.6

4.0

9544

553

240

2.5%

Total

37 / 12

16.3

15.1

18,509

973

453

 

Average

7.4 / 2.4

3.3

3.0

3702

195

91

2.4%

  1. aIncludes lay (volunteer) counsellors: 2 in Clinic C