Table 2.
Number and percentage of HIVST kits distributed by country, distribution model, age, sex and previous testing history (first‐time testing)
| Malawi | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All distribution models | 172,830 | 100.0% | 190,784 | 100.0% | 265,091 | 100.0% | 628,705 | 100.0% |
| Community‐based distributors | 163,300 | 94.5% | 156,806 | 82.2% | 199,552 | 75.3% | 519,658 | 82.7% |
| HTS integration (seven months) | 2,199 | 1.3% | 52,254 | 19.7% | 54,453 | 8.7% | ||
| Work place | 6,004 | 3.5% | 298 | 0.2% | 3,548 | 1.3% | 9,850 | 1.6% |
| Public sector | 18,588 | 9.7% | 2,595 | 1.0% | 21,183 | 3.4% | ||
| VMMC demand creation | 1,327 | 0.8% | 15,092 | 7.9% | 7,142 | 2.7% | 23,561 | 3.7% |
| Demographics availablea | 172,830 | 172,562 | 265,091 | 610,483 | ||||
| Male sex | 84,603 | 49.0% | 87,418 | 50.7% | 122,487 | 46.2% | 294,508 | 48.2% |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 16 to 24 | 87,744 | 50.8% | 84,437 | 48.9% | 90,892 | 34.3% | 263,073 | 43.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 45,864 | 26.5% | 50,168 | 29.1% | 61,438 | 23.2% | 157,470 | 25.8% |
| 35 to 49 | 29,405 | 17.0% | 28,926 | 16.8% | 55,464 | 20.9% | 113,795 | 18.6% |
| 50+ | 9,817 | 5.7% | 9,031 | 5.2% | 57,298 | 21.6% | 76,146 | 12.5% |
| First time testers | 46,402 | 26.8% | 37,232 | 21.6% | 36,039 | 13.6% | 119,673 | 19.6% |
| Men | 23,585 | 27.9% | 22,180 | 25.4% | 19,812 | 16.2% | 65,577 | 22.3% |
| Women | 22,817 | 25.9% | 15,052 | 17.7% | 16,227 | 11.4% | 54,096 | 17.1% |
HIVST, HIV self‐testing.
a
Demographic data were available for all HIVST test users in Zimbabwe and Malawi. For Zambia, demographic data were available for 172,562/190,784 self‐test users.