Table 6.
Domain score and readiness index of health facilities for PMTCT services
| Domains and tracers | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | p-trenda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff and guidelines | |||||
| Guidelines for PMTCT | 96.4 | 90.0 | 65.7 | 47.1 | < 0.001 |
| Guidelines for infants and young child feeding counseling | 81.5 | 82.4 | 76.4 | 52.2 | < 0.001 |
| Staff trained in PMTCT | 78.5 | 75.3 | 69.3 | 67.7 | < 0.001 |
| Staff trained in infants and young child feeding | 65.0 | 67.0 | 88.3 | 63.4 | 0.004 |
| Mean domain score | 80.3 | 78.7 | 74.9 | 57.6 | < 0.001 |
| Equipment | |||||
| Room with auditory and visual privacy for HIV | 79.2 | 58.0 | 76.7 | 80.8 | < 0.001 |
| Diagnostic | |||||
| HIV rapid Diagnostic kit available or ELISA test with ELISA washer, ELISA reader, incubator, specific assay kit | 78.5 | 94.6 | 86.7 | 91.7 | < 0.001 |
| DBS filter paper with valid expiration date | 9.3 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 23.0 | < 0.001 |
| Mean domain score | 43.9 | 57.1 | 52.2 | 58.6 | < 0.001 |
| Medicines and commodities | |||||
| zidovudine syrup in stock with at least one valid | 12.5 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | < 0.001 |
| Nevirapine syrup in stock with at least one valid | 1.1 | 15.0 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 0.002 |
| Maternal ARV prophylaxis | 14.2 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 9.1 | < 0.001 |
| Domain mean score | 9.2 | 11.6 | 4.7 | 6.5 | < 0.001 |
| Average readiness index | 53.2 | 51.3 | 52.1 | 50.9 | 0.004 |
aTrend was adjusted for type of health facility, level of health facility, location of the health facilities and health regions