Malawi 2015-16

13.9.5 Coverage of HIV Testing Services
Seeking an HIV test may be more difficult for young people than adults because many young people lack
experience in accessing health services for themselves and because there are often barriers to young people
in obtaining services. Table 13.15 provides information on sexually active youth age 15-24 who have been
tested for HIV and received the results of the last test.
Overall, among young people age 15-24 who have had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months, the
proportion of women who were tested for HIV and received their results was higher than among men; 53%
of women compared with 45% of men.
Patterns by background characteristics
• Generally, the proportion of young people tested for HIV in the last 12 months increases with age,
42% among women 15-17 compared to 56% among women age 23-24, and 27% among men age 15-
17 compared to 59% among men age 23-24.
• There is also a slight variation by marital status. Those who have been married are more likely to have
been tested for HIV in the past 12 months and to have received the results of the last test; 56% among
ever-married women compared with 43% among never-married women, and 59% among ever-married
men compared with 37% among never-married men.
LIST OF TABLES
For more information on HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour, see the following tables:
• Table 13.1 Knowledge of HIV prevention methods
• Table 13.2 Comprehensive knowledge about HIV
• Table 13.3 Knowledge of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
• Table 13.4 Discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV
• Table 13.5.1 Multiple sexual partners and higher-risk sexual intercourse in the past 12
months: Women
• Table 13.5.2 Multiple sexual partners and higher-risk sexual intercourse in the past 12
months: Men
• Table 13.6 Payment for sexual intercourse and condom use at last paid sexual intercourse
• Table 13.7.1 Coverage of prior HIV testing: Women
• Table 13.7.2 Coverage of prior HIV testing: Men
• Table 13.8 Pregnant women counselled and tested for HIV
• Table 13.9 Male circumcision
• Table 13.10 Self-reported prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and STI
symptoms
• Table 13.11 Comprehensive knowledge about HIV among young people
• Table 13.12 Age at first sexual intercourse among young people
• Table 13.13 Premarital sexual intercourse among young people
• Table 13.14.1 Multiple sexual partners and higher-risk sexual intercourse in the past 12
months among young people: Women
• Table 13.14.2 Multiple sexual partners and higher-risk sexual behaviour in the past 12 months
among young people: Men
• Table 13.15 Recent HIV tests among young people
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