Reasons given for HIV testing in Botswana
Reason | No. | % |
Needle/Surg. Injuries | 279 | 0.2 |
Rape | 1502 | 0.8 |
TB | 1564 | 0.9 |
STI | 2745 | 1.5 |
Med Exam | 4717 | 2.6 |
Clinical Suspicion | 15387 | 8.5 |
PMTCT | 45590 | 25.0 |
VCT | 102443 | 56.3 |
Other | 7825 | 4.3 |
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Botswana has an extremely high incidence of HIV/AIDS and instituted Routine HIV testing in 2004. The table shows the reasons given for getting an HIV test by those who were tested in 2006 and was published in a report by the Botswana Ministry of Health.