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. 2012 Nov 24;12:427. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-427

Table 1.

Summary of current HIV testing, treatment, and care indicators

STEP ALONG CONTINUUM
INDICATORS
  UNAIDS Global Fund for HIV, TB, & Malaria PEPFAR
a) HIV Testing & Diagnosis
% high risk persons HIV- tested with known result last 12 months
% high risk persons HIV-tested with known result last 12 months
# persons HIV-tested & received result
% M & F 15-49y HIV tested with known result last 12 months
% M & F 15-49y HIV-tested with known result last 12 months
% M & F 15-49y HIV-tested with known result last 12 months
 
% sexually active M & F 15-24y HIV-tested with known result last 12 months
 
b) Linkage to Care
 
 
 
c) ART Eligibility: Clinical, Laboratory, & Psychosocial Assessment↕
% patients with incident TB treated for TB & HIV
 
% patients screened for TB
 
 
% patients that started TB treatment
 
 
# malnourished patients that received therapeutic or supplementary food
 
 
# eligible clients that received food &/or nutrition services
d) ART Preparation: Literacy Training, OI Prophylaxis, and Adherence Assessment↕
 
% eligible adults & children that received co-trimoxazole prophylaxis
# patients that received co-trimoxazole prophylaxis
e) ART Initiation
% adults & children with advanced HIV receiving ART
% adults & children with advanced HIV receiving ART
% adults & children with advanced HIV receiving ART
 
 
% ART facilities monitoring CD4 in accordance with national guidelines
# adults and children with HIV infection newly enrolled on ART
 
 
# and% persons starting ART who picked up all ART drugs on time
# adults and children with advanced HIV infection receiving ART
 
 
% ART facilities that have experienced a stock-out of at least one required ART drug in the last 12 months
 
f) Retention in Care
% adults & children known to be on treatment 12 months after ART initiation
 
% of adults & children known to be alive & on treatment 12 months after ART initiation
Clinical Outcomes
 
 
 
Other
 
% health facilities that offer ART
# service outlets providing ART services according to national or international standards
      # health workers trained to deliver ART services according to published standards

A-F are points on the HIV care continuum shown in Figure  1; ART: antiretroviral therapy, TB: tuberculosis; Global Fund recommended indicators, disaggregated by sex, age, and pregnancy status; reference group is HIV positive patients enrolled in HIV care.