Table 1.
Comparison of NICD and DHIS HIV PCR tests performed and positive tests identified, October 2018–September 2021.
| NICD Data | DHIS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2 Years | Birth | 10 Weeks | Birth | 10 Weeks | ||||||
| Year | Total Tests | Positive Tests | Total Tests | Positive Tests | Total Tests | Positive Tests | Total Tests | Positive Tests | Total Tests | Positive Tests |
| Year 1 | 41 879 | 659 | 18 254 | 206 | 15 478 | 189 | 16 884 | 98 | 14 997 | 76 |
| Year 2 | 47 265 | 640 | 19 869 | 236 | 15 738 | 157 | 17 639 | 108 | 16 137 | 108 |
| Year 3 | 56 813 | 620 | 20 533 | 189 | 17 766 | 144 | 17 292 | 120 | 19 201 | 80 |
| Total | 145 957 | 1 919 | 58 656 | 631 | 48 982 | 490 | 51 815 | 326 | 50 335 | 264 |
NICD = National Institute for Communicable Disease; DHIS = District Health Information System; Year 1 = 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019; Year 2 = 01 October 2019 to 30 September 2020; Year 3 = 01 October 2020 to 30 September 2021.