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Figure 4.4b Ever been tested among women and men aged 15-64 years, by location of lastHIV test, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.10080WomenMenWeighted (%) of Testers604055.348.024.32019.4 18.010.9 9.614.60Public Private VCT/Mobile OtherTesting SiteFigure 4.4b Most HIV testing occurred in public sites, especially among women.More women and men (55.3% and 48.0%, respectively) reported that their last HIV test was conductedin a public facility 1 compared to other testing sites including private health facilities , voluntarycounselling and testing (VCT) stand‐alone and mobile clinics, and other locations (9.6%‐24.3%). Incontrast, men (18.0%) were significantly more likely than women (10.9%) to have gone to VCT standalonesites and mobile clinic sites for their last HIV test.4.5. Reasons for not testingUnderstanding the different barriers to HIV testing is helpful for improving HIV testing coverage inthe general population. Analyses in this section were restricted to the 66.1% of adults that had neverbeen tested for HIV.1 Public facilities include government hospital, government health centre/clinic, government dispensary, or other publicfacilities. Private facilities includes missions, church hospitals and clinics, private hospitals and clinics, voluntarycounselling and testing clinics, and other private medical facilities. Other locations were not specified.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 75

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