Table 1. Pediatric HIV/AIDS indicators, Zimbabwe.
Total(n = 17038) | |
Awareness of pediatric HIV/AIDS | |
Know HIV positive children | 44.3 |
Know HIV positive children on ART | 39.5 |
Know children who have tested for HIV | 33.0 |
Perceived access to HIV testing & care | |
Think HIV positive children in their community can access HIV testing | |
Yes | 68.4 |
No | 11.8 |
Don’t know | 19.8 |
Think HIV+ children in their community can access ART | |
Yes | 70.0 |
No | 12.0 |
Don’t know | 18.1 |
Knowledge about survival of HIV infected children | |
Think it is possible for some children infected with HIV at birth to live into adolescence without treatment | 27.6 |
If yes, personally know such children | (n = 4691) |
57.9 | |
Attitudes towards pediatric HIV testing | |
Think that children can benefit from HIV testing | 91.2 |
Afraid that if children are tested for HIV they may be discriminated against by some members of their community | 41.9 |
Ever talked to their children about HIV testing | |
Yes | 39.6 |
No | 40.6 |
Don’t look after any children | 19.8 |
Only those who look after children | (n = 13631) |
Know how to access HIV testing for their children | 80.8 |
Would feel happier if their children were tested for HIV | 92.2 |
Fear that if their children were tested for HIV, they would be found positive | 28.3 |
ART = antiretroviral treatment.