Table 1 HIV testing practices of men who have sex with men (MSM) recruited from Douala (n = 268) and Yaoundé (n = 238), Cameroon 2011
|  | All | Douala | Yaoundé | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n (%) | n (%) | RDS- weighted % (95% CI) | n (%) | RDS- weighted % (95% CI) |
Total | 506 (100) | 268 (100) | - | 238 (100) | - |
Never tested for HIV | 93 (18.4) | 52 (19.4) | 22.5 (15.7-29.1) | 41 (17.2) | 20.1 (13.8-26.5) |
  Intend to get tested in next 12 months | 88 (95.7) | 49 (94.2) | - | 39 (95.1) | - |
Ever tested for HIV | 413 (81.6) | 216 (80.6) | 77.5 (70.8-84.3) | 197 (82.8) | 79.9 (73.5-86.2) |
  No. of times tested per two years of being sexually active with other men, median (IQR) | 1.2 (0.5-2.3) | 1.3 (0.6-3) | - | 1 (0.5-2) | - |
  Received test results at last test | 394 (95.4) | 204 (94.9) | 94.3 (89.5-99.1) | 190 (96.9) | 97.6 (95.1-1.00) |
  Disclosed test result to someone | 314 (79.7) | 148 (72.6) | 73.8 (65.9-81.7) | 166 (87.4) | 86.0 (80.5-91.5) |
Tested in last 12Â months | 301 (59.8) | 169 (63.3) | 63.2 (55.0-71.3) | 132 (55.9) | 54.3 (46.0-62.6) |
  Place last tested^ |  |  |  |  |  |
  Public hospital or clinic | 162 (40.2) | 66 (32.0) | 31.1 (22.4-39.8) | 96 (48.7) | 47.9 (38.8-57.1) |
  Private hospital or clinic | 71 (17.6) | 30 (14.6) | 13.1 (7.6-18.6) | 41 (20.8) | 25.2 (17.0-33.4) |
  CBO HIV service for MSM | 110 (27.3) | 89 (43.2) | 45.2 (35.9-54.4) | 21 (10.7) | 6.8 (2.8-10.7) |
  Mobile unit or van, university, event, other | 60 (14.9) | 21 (10.2) | 10.6 (5.9-15.3) | 39 (19.8) | 20.1 (12.1-28.0) |
Advised to get tested by^#: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Peer educator | 301 (74.0) | 172 (81.5) | - | 129 (65.8) | - |
  Sexual partner | 46 (11.3) | 17 (8.1) | - | 29 (14.8) | - |
  No-one (myself) | 21 (5.2) | 7 (3.3) | - | 14 (7.1) | - |
  Doctor, nurse, other health professional | 7 (1.7) | 4 (1.9) | - | 3 (1.5) | - |
  Other | 32 (7.9) | 11 (5.2) | - | 21 (10.7) | - |
Information on HIV testing ever received from^: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Radio, television, posters | 142 (27.8) | 58 (21.3) | 26.3 (16.3-36.3) | 84 (35.1) | 34.5 (26.1-42.8) |
  CBO HIV service for MSM | 102 (20.0) | 50 (18.4) | 26.5 (18.0-35.0) | 52 (21.8) | 21.3 (15.7-26.8) |
  Friend | 131 (25.6) | 73 (26.8) | 36.8 (26.0-47.6) | 58 (24.3) | 23.7 (17.8-29.6) |
  Family | 46 (9.0) | 9 (3.3) | 4.3 (1.1-7.5) | 37 (15.5) | 14.4 (9.5-19.3) |
  Doctor or nurse | 33 (6.5) | 19 (7.0) | 6.1 (2.3-10.0) | 14 (5.9) | 4.8 (2.0-7.5) |
  None of these sources | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.7) | - | 0 (0.0) | - |