Monitoring and evaluation of HIV screening and testing of hospitalized infants and their mothers

Author:

Graça D.1,Elliott R. J.2,Magalo M.1,Muianga M.1,Mussagi A. C.1,Chongo M.1,Elias B.1,Simione B.3,Buck W. C.4

Affiliation:

1. Hospital Central de Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique

2. University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

3. Department of HIV and STIs, Mozambique Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique

4. Hospital Central de Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Abstract

SETTING: Improved HIV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is urgently needed to help close gaps in inpatient infant provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) and pediatric case identification. A revised reporting system was piloted on the Breastfeeding Ward at Hospital Central de Maputo in Maputo, Mozambique.OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate how a simplified reporting system designed for pediatric inpatient ward registers can be used to easily calculate key PITC indicators, including testing coverage, HIV status, linkage to antiretroviral therapy, maternal testing, and point-of-care nucleic acid testing.DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of PITC data documented in the ward discharge register for all inpatient infants with charts closed from January 1 to June 30, 2020.RESULTS: At chart closure, 97.7% of infants (477/488) had known serostatus: 76.3% were not exposed (364/477), 15.3% were exposed (73/477), 1.9% definitively non-infected (9/477), and 6.5% infected (31/477). There was a 26.9% positivity rate (14/52) for infant point-of-care nucleic acid testing. Of all HIV-infected infants, 80.6% (25/31) were linked to antiretroviral therapy by the time of discharge. Preferred maternal testing was done in 80.5% of eligible mothers (276/343), with 3.0% newly positive (8/276).CONCLUSION: This straightforward PITC reporting system enabled simple calculation of key indicators needed for standard M&E, contributed to quality improvement efforts to increase testing coverage, and could be easily adapted for use in other settings.

Publisher

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy

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