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Table 4 Missed opportunities for HIV testing among 40 newly diagnosed children living with HIV in selected facilities in Addis Ababa and Amhara regions, Ethiopia at three-month follow-up, May 2017 to June 2018

From: Rates of confirmatory HIV testing, linkage to HIV services, and rapid initiation of antiretroviral treatment among newly diagnosed children living with HIV in Ethiopia: perspectives from caregivers and healthcare workers

Missed opportunities for HIV testing

N = 40

Percent (col %)

Timing of maternal diagnosis (N = 40)

 Prior to/during pregnancy

4

10.0%

 During breastfeeding

3

7.5%

 After breastfeeding ended

26

65.0%

 Don’t know

7

17.5%

If diagnosed after breastfeeding ended, were you offered HIV testing during pregnancy (N = 26)

 Yes

3

11.5%

 No

18

69.2%

 I don’t know

5

19.2%

If offered HIV testing during pregnancy, did you accept testing (N = 3)

 Yes

1

33.3%

 No

2

66.7%

Infant tested within 2 months of life (for mothers diagnosed prior to/during pregnancy or during breastfeeding, N = 7)

 Yes

3

42.9%

 No

4

57.1%

If infant was tested in first two months of life, what was HIV test result? (N = 3)

 Positive

0

0%

 Negative

3

100%

  1. Note: Data on missed opportunities related variables were collected from 40 study participants and 1 child was missing