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Table 4 Use of partner HIV counseling and testing services after COC compared to baseline partner HIV testing rates in the four study sites (2008).

From: Couple-oriented prenatal HIV counseling for HIV primary prevention: an acceptability study

 

Cameroon

DR

Georgia

India

Total

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Baseline *

N = 394

 

N = 1049

 

N = 256

 

N = 1137

 

N = 2836

 

Partner HIV testing*

3

0.7

41

3.9

3

1.2

30

2.6

77

2.7

Post-intervention**

N = 23

   

N = 30

 

N = 30

 

N = 83

 

Partner individual counseling

9

39.1

--

--

9

30

0

0

18

21.7

Couple counseling

5

21.7

--

--

3

10

7

23.3

15

18.1

Partner HIV testing

14

60.8

--

--

11

36

5

16.6

30

36.1

  1. Cameroon = Centre Mère-Enfant (Yaounde), DR = Los Mina Hospital (Santo Domingo), Georgia = Maternity Hospital N°5 (Tbilisi), India = Sane Guruji Hospital (Pune).
  2. COC = couple-oriented HIV counseling
  3. -- No data
  4. * Estimated from local registers. Partners of "women tested over a 3-month period between June 2007 and January 2008".
  5. ** Partners of women having received COC.