Table 1.
HIV testing strategy characteristics by WHO region
WHO regional office for | Adherence to WHO rec, n (%) | Use of tie breaker, N (%) |
Retesting prior to ART, N (%) |
Africa (n=32) | 9 (28%) | 6 (19%) | 16 (50%) |
Eastern Mediterranean (n=11) | 5 (45%) | 2 (18%) | 4 (35%) |
Europe (n=14) | 3 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Americans and the Caribbean (n=16) | 1 (6%) | 5 (16%) | 1 (6%) |
Southeast Asia (n=8) | 5 (63%) | 1 (13%) | 1 (13%) |
Western Pacific (n=10) | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |