Skip to main content
. 2024 Mar 13;14(3):e058098. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058098

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Number of countries included in the review that included population-specific or epidemic-specific recommendations from the 2015 WHO consolidated guidelines for HTS, by type of recommendation and WHO region. Facility-based testing for key popualtions here refers to provider-initiated testing and counselling; this is recommended in malnutrition clinics or sexually transmitted infections or hepatitis and tuberculosis services or health services for key populations in all settings. Facility-based testing for pregnant women, infants and children applies to all countries (n=65). Community-based testing for key populations applies to all countries (n=65). Facility-based testing for all those presenting with signs and symptoms is recommended only in countries with a concentrated epidemic (n=24); facility-based testing for adolescents only in countries with a generalised epidemics (n=22). AFR, WHO Africa region; AMR, Pan-American region; EMR, WHO Eastern Mediterranean region; EUR, WHO European region; SEAR, WHO South East Asia Region; WPR: Western Pacific Region.