Malawi 2015-16

Table A-13.8 Pregnant women counselled and tested for HIV: Districts
Among all women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 2 years before the survey, percentage who received HIV pretest counselling, percentage
who received an HIV test during antenatal care for their most recent birth by whether they received their results and post-test counselling,
and percentage who received an HIV test during ANC or labour for their most recent birth by whether they received their test results,
according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Percentage
who
received
counseling
on HIV
during
antenatal
care 1
Percentage who were tested for HIV
during antenatal care and who:
Received
results and
received
post-test
counseling
Received
results and
did not
receive posttest
counseling
Did not
receive
results
Percentage
who
received
counselling
on HIV and
an HIV test
during ANC,
and the
results
Percentage who had an
HIV test during ANC or
labor and who: 2
Received
results
Did not
receive
results
Number of
women who
gave birth in
the past two
years 3
Northern
Chitipa 78.6 83.7 3.0 0.0 76.0 87.9 0.0 68
Karonga 90.8 89.1 4.3 2.7 87.1 93.4 2.7 126
Likoma 92.9 94.2 0.7 0.0 92.9 94.9 0.0 4
Mzimba 85.1 88.0 2.2 0.4 82.5 91.7 0.4 392
Nkhata Bay 86.0 88.9 2.6 0.0 86.0 93.4 0.0 90
Rumphi 72.9 83.9 4.8 2.1 71.6 92.5 0.4 87
Total 84.2 87.4 2.9 0.9 81.9 92.0 0.7 767
Central
Dedza 83.9 86.2 4.3 1.1 83.1 91.0 1.0 287
Dowa 79.2 87.5 2.7 0.3 77.9 90.8 0.3 271
Kasungu 78.3 79.2 5.5 2.2 74.0 86.0 2.5 285
Lilongwe 85.5 86.3 5.1 1.0 84.1 91.7 1.0 968
Mchinji 82.2 77.1 11.4 1.6 79.4 89.1 1.6 211
Nkhotakota 84.6 84.8 1.1 0.5 81.2 86.4 0.2 171
Ntcheu 81.8 81.5 7.3 0.8 78.9 90.3 0.4 277
Ntchisi 85.8 87.6 3.8 1.4 82.9 93.4 1.4 132
Salima 84.2 91.3 4.1 1.1 82.6 95.8 0.7 223
Total 83.3 84.9 5.1 1.1 81.2 90.7 1.0 2,826
Southern
Balaka 85.6 82.0 5.1 0.0 83.7 90.2 0.2 173
Blantyre 81.9 84.7 5.2 0.7 79.3 91.3 0.4 475
Chikhwawa 78.4 78.4 4.3 0.9 74.1 85.7 0.5 210
Chiradzulu 86.7 87.3 2.1 0.6 83.0 90.4 0.6 135
Machinga 81.8 85.6 3.5 2.2 78.6 89.9 1.9 327
Mangochi 66.3 69.0 3.5 1.1 62.0 75.1 1.2 494
Mulanje 85.3 84.8 5.1 0.5 82.3 91.1 0.5 284
Mwanza 77.5 64.5 19.4 0.9 75.4 85.7 0.4 49
Neno 84.5 86.5 7.2 1.2 83.3 93.7 1.2 70
Nsanje 83.7 84.1 3.5 1.0 81.2 90.9 1.0 117
Phalombe 87.6 88.7 1.3 0.4 85.4 90.9 0.0 186
Thyolo 78.0 72.0 4.0 2.7 70.9 78.5 3.3 236
Zomba 91.6 93.5 0.5 0.8 89.6 94.8 0.4 344
Total 81.1 81.8 3.9 1.0 77.8 87.4 0.9 3,099
Total 82.4 83.8 4.3 1.0 79.7 89.3 0.9 6,693
1
In this context, “pretest counselling” means that someone spoke with the respondent about all three of the following topics: (1) babies
getting HIV from their mother, (2) preventing the virus, and (3) being tested for the virus.
2
Women are asked whether they received an HIV test during labour only if they gave birth in a health facility.
3
Denominator for percentages includes women who did not receive antenatal care for their last birth in the past 2 years.
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