TABLE 1.

Trends in the Number of Children Tested and Diagnosed Under the ACT Initiative

		No. of Children Tested for HIV			No. of Children Diagnosed HIV-Positive			Percent Increase from October 2014 to September 2017
Country	Age of Child	FY15	FY16	FY17	FY15	FY16	FY17	Tested	Diagnosed
Democratic Republic of the Congo	<01*	2839	2558	3227	52	148	130	14%	150%
	01–09	48,405	64,641	89,279	1120	1228	1448	84%	29%
	10–14	24,492	30,192	31,535	451	540	442	29%	−2%
	15–19	106,059	108,631	98,577	1194	951	755	−7%	−37%
Lesotho	<01*	9369	6716	8603	321	149	152	−8%	−53%
	01–09	50,761	85,851	121,366	934	728	685	139%	−27%
	10–14	38,919	51,454	69,165	752	521	490	78%	−35%
	15–19	66,118	76,020	97,141	2131	1741	1741	47%	−18%
Zambia	<01*	50,008	56,256	65,190	2626	1914	1925	30%	−27%
	01–09	145,126	263,136	491,206	9650	6667	7696	238%	−20%
	10–14	138,291	183,059	412,674	6162	4476	5223	198%	−15%
	15–19	487,734	425,937	736,369	25,266	16,256	15,880	51%	−37%
Zimbabwe	<01*	52,148	37,324	34,306	2023	1331	1103	−34%	−45%
	01–09	20,788	95,790	116,658	1692	3872	3915	461%	131%
	10–14	52,591	104,295	163,275	972	2410	2934	210%	202%
	15–19	205,290	288,968	354,440	8198	9817	9626	73%	17%

^*<01 results from the PEPFAR monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (MER) indicator on HIV testing was replaced with results from the indicator on early infant diagnosis.