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. 2012 Apr 6;7(4):e34663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034663

Table 5. Comparison of various HIV screening tests conducted in Singapore.

3 HIV Screening Strategies Number of Individuals Tested Group Tested HIV Testing uptake, % Proportion of HIV among those tested, %
A 6,903 High risk - 1.8%
B 8,868 Low to High risk 21% 0.18%
C 15,945 Low risk 99.42% 0.05%

A : January 2007 to December 2007: Action For AIDS (AFA)- Anonymous Testing Site6 : [MSM-5.7%, Heterosexual male-0.8%, Heterosexual female- 0.4%].

B: January 2009 to December 2010.

TTSH- Routine Voluntary Opt Out Inpatient HIV testing Program (This study).

C: January 2010 to December 2010 to Antenatal Screening From acute public hospitals and polyclinics (Data from Communicable Disease Division, MOH, Singapore 2010).