Table 3.
HIV testing yield under 10 candidate outreach testing strategies had they been implemented in the 14 cross-border areas selected for the East Africa Cross Border Integrated Health Study, 2016
| Gender neutral implementation | Strategies focused on women | Strategies focused on men | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy | n1 | HIV testing yield,% | 95% CI | n | HIV testing yield, % | 95% CI | n | HIV testing yield,% | 95% CI | ||
| 1. Offer testing to people found at venues in cross border areas | 10,314 | 2.88 | 2.43, 3.32 | 3738 | 4.79 | 3.82, 5.76 | 6576 | 1.91 | 1.52, 2.30 | ||
| 2. Offer testing to people found at venues that do not currently offer HIV testing | 7068 | 3.05 | 2.51, 3.59 | 2514 | 4.98 | 3.83, 6.14 | 4554 | 2.08 | 1.60, 2.56 | ||
| 3. Offer testing to workers at venues in cross border areas | 2205 | 3.63 | 2.53, 4.73 | 1037 | 6.53 | 4.33, 8.74 | 1168 | 1.41 | 0.70, 2.12 | ||
| 4. Offer testing to people at venues where people have sex on site | 5203 | 3.08 | 2.37, 3.78 | 1944 | 5.03 | 3.38, 6.68 | 3259 | 1.95 | 1.44, 2.45 | ||
| 5. Offer testing to young people ages 24 and under | 3547 | 2.48 | 1.71, 3.25 | 1522 | 4.72 | 2.95, 6.50 | 2025 | 1.01 | 0.42, 1.59 | ||
| 6. Offer testing to people who live at a venue where people drink, socialize, or meet new sexual partners | 2561 | 3.35 | 2.36, 4.34 | 1167 | 5.47 | 3.62, 7.32 | 1394 | 1.79 | 0.79, 2.79 | ||
| 7. Offer testing to people found in venues at or adjacent to truck stops | 2934 | 2.82 | 2.17, 3.47 | 1034 | 5.08 | 3.64, 6.51 | 1900 | 1.68 | 1.00, 2.36 | ||
| 8. Offer testing to people found in venues in landing sites (i.e. fishing villages) | 3383 | 2.84 | 1.98, 3.70 | 1328 | 4.53 | 3.20, 5.87 | 2055 | 1.92 | 1.18, 2.67 | ||
| 9. Offer testing to people found in Discos, Nightclubs, and Brothels | 297 | 3.79 | 3.33, 4.24 | 128 | 5.65 | 5.04, 6.26 | 169 | 2.06 | 1.13, 3.00 | ||
| 10. Offer testing to people found in and around a border crossing | 4720 | 2.97 | 2.42, 3.52 | 1702 | 4.81 | 3.69, 5.92 | 3018 | 2.11 | 1.53, 2.69 | ||
Number of participants in the CBIHS who would have been tested had this strategy been in place