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. 2021 Jun 30;9(2):399–411. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00550

TABLE 2.

Design of Quality Improvement Collaborative Indicators Used in Cameroon and Zambia to Improve Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation

Cameroon Zambia
EID testing coverage and timing Percentage of eligible HEIs who received EID testing at <8 weeks of age Percentage of HEIs tested who received EID testing at <8 weeks of age
Number of eligible HEIs tested for HIV at >8 weeks of age Number of HEIs tested for HIV at >8 weeks of age
Number of eligible HEIs tested each month Number of HEIs tested each month
Test results return to caregiver Percentage of HEIs tested who were identified as HIV infected each month Percentage of HEIs tested who were identified as HIV infected each month
Percentage of all HEI HIV test results returned to caregiver this month Percentage of HEIs identified as HIV infected whose caregivers received their results this month
Turnaround time Mean time from health facility receiving HEI HIV test results from national laboratory and sharing with caregiver Mean time between positive EID HIV test result and ART initiation
ART initiation Percentage of HIV-infected infants newly initiated on ART each month Percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on ART each month
Percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on ART the same day their positive test was received each month
Percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on ART within 2 weeks of receiving positive test results each month

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; EID, early infant diagnosis; HEI, HIV-exposed infant.