Skip to main content
. 2020 Nov 20;9(1):e61–e71. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30395-8

Table 2.

Key model parameters

Kenya South Africa Colombia Ukraine
Population of pregnant women 1 631 470 1 100 699 346 409 363 946
HIV risk
HIV prevalence 6·1% 3·1% 0·4% 0·7%
Maternal HIV incidence rate (per person-week)
Before first ANC visit during pregnancy 0·000331 0·000227 0·00001 0·000002
Between first ANC visit and delivery 0·000331 0·000739 0·00002 0·000004
Delivery to 6 weeks post partum 0 0 0 0
6 weeks to 12 months post partum 0·000269 0·0009 0·00003 0·000003
Duration of incident maternal HIV infection (weeks) 9 9 9 9
HIV testing and prevention
Test kit unavailable 5·0% 5·0% 0·0% 0·0%
Test acceptance 84·0% 98·0% 89·0% 97·2%
Received test results 97·8% 98·0% 100·0% 100·0%
HIV rapid test sensitivity in early infection 66·7% 66·7% 66·7% 66·7%
HIV rapid test sensitivity in chronic infection 100·0% 100·0% 100·0% 100·0%
HIV rapid test specificity 98·9% 98·9% 98·9% 98·9%
Dual test sensitivity in early infection 66·7% 66·7% 66·7% 66·7%
Dual test sensitivity in chronic infection 100·0% 100·0% 100·0% 100·0%
Dual test specificity 98·9% 98·9% 98·9% 98·9%
MTCT rate per week, acute maternal infection 0·005–0·029 0·005–0·029 0·005–0·029 0·005–0·029
MTCT rate per week, chronic maternal infection 0·0005–0·023 0·0005–0·023 0·0005–0·023 0·0005–0·023
Maternal PrEP use 0·0% 0·0% 0·0% 0·0%
Health-care visits
Attended first ANC visit 96·0% 94·0% 97·4% 99·8%
Attended late ANC visit 92·7% 78·0% 88·1% 90·0%
Facility delivery 61·8% 96·0% 98·9% 99·0%
Gestational age at first ANC visit (weeks) 22 18 15 10
Gestational age at late ANC visit (weeks) 33 36 24 28
Gestational age at delivery (weeks) 39 39 39 39
ARV coverage
Maternal ART use 91·0% 87·0% 87·8% 95·0%
Virally suppressed women with HIV 88·1% 72·0% 88·4% 88·1%
Weekly ART dropout (%) 0·3% 0·3% 0·3% 0·3%
HIV-exposed infants receiving ARVs 93·6% 98·7% 96·0% 98·4%
HIV-infected infants receiving ART* 61·0% 63·0% 57·9% 95·0%
Breastfeeding
Not breastfeeding in early post partum (0–6 weeks) 2·5% 34·0% 97·9% 95·0%
Not breastfeeding in mid post partum (6 weeks to 6 months) 21·2% 45·0% 97·9% 99·0%
Not breastfeeding in late post partum (6–12 months) 33·4% 63·0% 97·9% 99·0%
Maternal mortality rate (per person-week)
During pregnancy 0·0001 0·0001 0·00002 0·00002
Delivery to 6 weeks post partum 0·0006 0·0002 0·0001 0·00003
6 weeks to 12 months post partum 0·0001 0·0001 0·00002 0·00002
Neonatal and infant mortality (per person-week) and survival
Stillbirth, syphilis positive (mother not treated) 21·0% 21·0% 21·0% 21·0%
Stillbirth, syphilis positive (mother treated) 3·8% 3·8% 3·8% 3·8%
Neonatal mortality, birth to 6 weeks (mother had syphilis and not treated) 9·0% 9·0% 9·0% 9·0%
Neonatal mortality, birth to 6 weeks (mother had syphilis and treated) 1·8% 1·8% 1·8% 1·8%
Neonatal mortality, birth to 6 weeks (syphilis negative and HIV negative or HIV negative and on ART) 0·5% 0·3% 0·2% 0·1%
Infant mortality, >6 weeks to 12 months 0·03% 0·03% 0·01% 0·01%
Survival to 1 year, HIV negative or HIV positive and on ART 96·4% 96·7% 98·7% 99·2%
Survival to 1 year, HIV positive and not on ART 64·8% 64·8% 64·8% 64·8%
Syphilis
Syphilis prevalence 1·2% 2·0% 0·41% 2·5%
Maternal syphilis incidence rate (per person-week) 0·00008 0·00008 0·00004 0·000015
Laboratory-based test sensitivity for syphilis 80·0% 80·0% 80·0% 80·0%
Laboratory-based test specificity for syphilis 100·0% 100·0% 100·0% 100·0%
Dual RDT sensitivity for syphilis 87·0% 87·0% 87·0% 87·0%
Dual RDT specificity for syphilis 99·5% 99·5% 99·5% 99·5%
Test correction factor 52·9% 52·9% 52·9% 52·9%
Test coverage (laboratory-based testing) 73·0% 83·0% 62·8% 98·0%
Received treatment (laboratory-based testing) 50·0% 90·0% 90·8% 99·0%
Received treatment (dual testing) 62·5% 92·5% 93·1% 99·3%
HIV costs (US$)
Third generation rapid screening per woman $2·64 $7·72 $6·68 $3·99
True-positive screening tests per woman* $3·68 $11·39 $8·53 $4·18
False-positive screening tests per woman* $26·39 $34·17 $74·83 $19·80
Maternal ART, per week per woman $4·86 $4·79 $18·89 $32·84
Infant ARV prophylaxis (total cost) per infant $2·32 $3·82 $52·10 $4·00
Maternal PrEP, per week per woman $6·19 $6·19 $18·89 $19·38
Infant ART, per week per infant $6·73 $5·46 $18·89 $32·84
Syphilis costs
RPR test screening per woman $3·09 $9·32 $6·92 $0·63
TPHA test screening per woman $0·59 $3·04 $3·43 $1·14
Dual test screening per woman $5·79 $8·69 $8·21 $1·99
Benzathine benzylpenicillin injection, maternal treatment per woman $0·64 $0·60 <$0·01 $3·00
Intravenous benzathine benzylpenicillin, infant treatment per infant $1·42 $1·42 $1·42 $1·42
Paediatric inpatient, per day per infant $8·41 $72·81 $62·87 $28·84

Details and sources provided in appendix (pp 18–30). All costs reported in 2017 US$. ANC=antenatal care. ART=antiretroviral therapy. ARV=antiretrovirals. MCH=maternal and child health. MTCT=mother-to-child transmission. PrEP=pre-exposure prophylaxis. RDT=rapid diagnostic test. RPR=rapid plasma reagin. TPHA=Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay.

*

Based on the percent of infants with early infant diagnosis.

Test correction factor is the probability that a woman who tested positive for syphilis has an active syphilis infection.

Inclusive of stock-outs.