Table 4 Prevalence of TTIs among blood donors according regional location
| Â | Number of donations positive and percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Total sample | HIV | Syphilis | HBsAg | HCV |
| Â | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
Erongo | 4454 | 17 (0.4) | 9 (0.2) | 25 (0.6) | 2 (0.04) |
Hardap | 789 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.13) |
Karas | 668 | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) | 10 (1.5) | 1 (0.15) |
Khomas | 15276 | 45 (0.3) | 45 (0.3) | 66 (0.4) | 19 (0.12) |
Kunene | 202 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0.00) |
Omaheke | 447 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.7) | 7 (1.6) | 0 (0.00) |
Oshana | 250 | 1 (0.1) | 5 (2.0) | 6 (2.4) | 0 (0.00) |
Oshikoto | 746 | 6 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.3) | 1 (0.13) |
Otjozondjupa | 1929 | 5 (0.3) | 9 (0.5) | 11 (0.6) | 2 (0.10) |
Total | 24761 | 75 (0.3) | 75 (0.3) | 140 (0.6) | 26 (0.1) |