Malawi Integrated HIV Program Report 2019 Q4

  • Scale-up of integrated HIV services had reached the following number of sites:
    • 763 static and 168 outreach HIV testing sites.
    • 746 (static) ART sites; 623 of these started at least one pregnant or breastfeeding woman.
    • 690 sites with HIV-exposed children in follow-up.
  • 922,473 persons were tested for HIV and received their results; 182,650 (20%) accessed HIV testing for the first time; 739,823 (80%) were repeat testers and 29,606 (4%) of these received confirmatory testing (after having tested positive in the past). 26,276 (2.8%) clients received a positive result for the first time1.
  • A total of 31,747 people received 45,411 self-test kits for either primary or secondary use.
  • 21,690 (87%) of 24,778 blood units collected were screened for (at least) HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis.
  • 157,171 (98%) of 160,653 women at ANC had their HIV status ascertained; 10,166 (6%) of these were HIV positive. 144,357 (96%) of 150,698 at maternity had their HIV status ascertained 10,751 (7%) of these were HIV positive.
  • 25,354 patients started ART this quarter; 88% were classified as asymptomatic / in WHO stage 1 and started under the “Test & Treat” policy.
  • 833,227 patients were alive and on ART by end of December 2019. This means that 78% of the estimated 1,066,878 HIV positive population was on ART. ART coverage was 74% (45,668/ 61,682) for children and 78% (787,609 / 1,005,196) for adults.
  • 133,377 (93%) of viral load results from routine monitoring were 99%) of an estimated 10,700 3 HIV infected pregnant women in Malawi were on ART this quarter. 10,213 (76%) of these were already on ART when getting pregnant and 2,293 (24%)__ started ART during pregnancy/delivery.
  • An additional 1,027 breastfeeding women started ART in WHO stage 1 or 2.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Program Area Care and Treatment
Year 2019
Author
Author Email cmkandawire@hivmw.org