Table 3.
proportions of available COVID-19 prevention commodities and HIV services at rural facilities by managing authority
| Overall | Public | Private | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Availability indicators | |||||||
| Availability of protective gear | |||||||
| General OPD area (n=756) | |||||||
| Medical masks | 102 | (13.5) | 59 | (10.1) | 43 | (25.4) | 0.000 |
| Gloves | 604 | (79.9) | 465 | (79.2) | 139 | (82.3) | 0.386 |
| Laboratory (n=466) | |||||||
| Medical masks | 115 | (24.7) | 54 | (16.9) | 61 | (41.8) | 0.000 |
| Gloves | 443 | (95.1) | 303 | (94.7) | 140 | (95.9) | 0.578 |
| Availability of sanitation products | |||||||
| General OPD area (n=756) | |||||||
| Running water | 517 | (68.4) | 363 | (61.8) | 154 | (91.1) | 0.000 |
| Soap | 498 | (65.9) | 351 | (59.8) | 147 | (86.9) | 0.000 |
| Alcohol based hand-rub | 174 | (23.0) | 110 | (18.7) | 64 | (37.9) | 0.000 |
| Disinfectant | 432 | (57.1) | 323 | (55.0) | 109 | (64.5) | 0.028 |
| Laboratory (n=466) | |||||||
| Running water | 406 | (87.1) | 267 | (83.4) | 139 | (95.2) | 0.000 |
| Soap | 396 | (84.9) | 260 | (81.3) | 136 | (93.2) | 0.001 |
| Alcohol based hand-rub | 167 | (35.8) | 94 | (29.4) | 73 | (50.0) | 0.000 |
| Disinfectant | 350 | (75.1) | 228 | (71.3) | 122 | (83.6) | 0.004 |
| Availability of any ARV drug (n=377) | |||||||
| Any NRTI | 171 | (45.4) | 110 | (39.6) | 61 | (61.6) | 0.000 |
| Any NNRTI | 341 | (90.5) | 247 | (88.9) | 94 | (94.9) | 0.076 |
| Any protease inhibitors | 65 | (17.2) | 34 | (12.2) | 31 | (31.3) | 0.000 |
| Any combination ARV drug | 348 | (92.3) | 254 | (91.4) | 94 | (94.9) | 0.251 |
| Availability of condoms | |||||||
| HIV testing site (n=730) | 463 | (63.4) | 404 | (70.6) | 59 | (37.3) | 0.000 |
| HIV care and support site (n=427) | 290 | (67.9) | 246 | (76.9) | 44 | (41.1) | 0.000 |
| Readiness indicators | |||||||
| Readiness of facility for any functioning communication system (n=756) | 249 | (32.9) | 152 | (25.9) | 97 | (57.4) | 0.000 |
| Functioning landline | 39 | (5.2) | 9 | (1.53) | 30 | (17.8) | 0.000 |
| Functioning cellphone | 226 | (29.9) | 139 | (23.7) | 87 | (51.5) | 0.000 |
| Functioning computer | 262 | (34.7) | 152 | (25.9) | 110 | (65.1) | 0.000 |
| Access to email | 150 | (19.8) | 68 | (11.6) | 82 | (48.5) | 0.000 |
| Readiness of providers to multitask (n=2608) | 0.000 | ||||||
| HIV test counseling and 1 other service | 281 | (10.8) | 180 | (10.0) | 101 | (12.4) | |
| HIV test counseling and 2 other services | 850 | (32.6) | 627 | (34.9) | 223 | (27.5) | |
| HIV test counseling and 3 or more other services | 1397 | (53.6) | 958 | (53.3) | 439 | (54.1) | |
| Any HIV laboratory service (n=827) | 779 | (94.2) | 556 | (95.2) | 223 | (91.8) | 0.054 |