Table 1.
HIV testing strategies and personnel responsibilities in 24 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) as described in DHS survey reports, 2001–2009, with HIV testing participation rates for adult men and women.
| HIV testing strategy and personnel | Pr. HH* | No. of teams | No. of interviewers† | No. of testers‡ | % Participating§ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Year | Men | Women | |||||
| (1) Consent on individual questionnaire; interviewers conducted HIV testing | Cote d'Ivoire | 2005 | 1/1 | 10 | 2F, 2M | – | 76 | 79 |
| Malawi | 2004 | 1/3 | 22 | 4–5F, 1M | (2–3) | 63 | 70 | |
| Tanzania | 2003–2004 | 1/1 | 11 | 4F, 1M | – | 77 | 84 | |
| Tanzania | 2007–2008 | 1/1 | 14 | 4F, 1M | – | 80 | 90 | |
| Zimbabwe | 2005–2006 | 1/1 | 14 | 3–4F, 2–3M | – | 63 | 76 | |
| (2) Consent on household questionnaire; interviewers conducted HIV testing | Lesotho | 2004 | 1/2 | 12 | 3F, 1M | – | 68 | 81 |
| Liberia | 2007 | 1/1 | 19 | 2F, 2M | – | 81 | 88 | |
| Sierra Leone | 2008 | 1/2 | 24 | 2F, 1M | – | 87 | 90 | |
| Zambia | 2007 | 1/1 | 12 | 3F, 3M | – | 72 | 77 | |
| (3) Consent on household questionnaire; subset of interviewers conducted HIV testing | Cameroon | 2004 | 1/2 | 14 | 3F, 1M | (≥2) | 90 | 92 |
| Ethiopia | 2005 | 1/2 | 30 | 4F, 2M | (2) | 76 | 83 | |
| Mali | 2006 | 1/3 | 25 | 3 | (2) | 85 | 93 | |
| Niger | 2006 | 1/2 | 20 | 3F, 1M | (1) | 84 | 91 | |
| Senegal | 2005 | 1/3 | 15 | 3F, 1M | (2) | 75 | 84 | |
| Swaziland | 2006–2007 | 1/1 | 10 | 3–4F, 1–2 M | (2–3) | 78 | 87 | |
| Rwanda | 2005 | 1/2 | 15 | 3F, 1M | (2) | 96 | 97 | |
| (4) Consent on household questionnaire; health worker or technician conducted HIV testing | Burkina Faso | 2003 | 1/3 | 12 | 3F, 1M | 1 | 86 | 92 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 2007 | 1/2 | 234 | 1–3 | 1 | 86 | 90 | |
| Ghana | 2003 | 1/2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 89 | |
| Guinea | 2005 | 1/2 | 10 | 4F, 1M | 1 | 88 | 92 | |
| Kenya | 2003 | 1/2 | 17 | 4F, 1M | 1 | 70 | 76 | |
| Kenya¶ | 2008–2009 | 1/2 | 23 | 4F, 2M | 2 | 79 | 86 | |
| Mali | 2001 | 1/3 | 25 | 3F | 1 | 76 | 85 | |
| Zambia | 2001 | 1/3 | 12 | 3–4F, 1M | 2 | 73 | 79 | |
*Proportion of sampled households that were eligible for HIV testing and the men's individual questionnaire.
†Number of female and male interviewers per team. Team interviewer gender composition was not described in the reports for the Democratic Republic of Congo 2007, Mali 2006 and Ghana 2003 surveys.
‡Number of individuals who conducted HIV testing per team. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of interviewers on a team who also conducted HIV testing. The symbol ‘–’ indicates that all interviewers conducted HIV testing.
§Percent participating in survey HIV testing.
¶Kenya 2008–2009 also had two voluntary counselling and testing counsellors on each team.
F, female; M, male; Pr. HH, Proportion of sampled households.