Fig 1.
Diagram showing key steps in the HIV Early Infant Diagnosis process in Uganda. Each step represents a potential loss point for HIV-exposed and/or HIV-positive infants. ANC = Antenatal Care Clinic, PNC = Postnatal Care Clinic, OPD = Outpatient Department, DBS = Dried Blood Spot, PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Fig 2.
Baseline study: Outcomes for HIV+ infants.
Graph showing the retention outcomes for HIV-exposed infants testing HIV-positive (n = 244) in the 2010 pre-intervention study. The red bars represent the number of infants lost to-follow up at each step in the EID cascade. The box in the top-right corner shows the percent of all tested HIV-exposed infants (n = 1268)—both negative and positive—who received their results.
Fig 3.
Uganda’s ‘EID Systems Strengthening’ program.
A—Objectives of ‘EID Systems Strengthening’ program. B—Interventions in the program. C—Implementation modality: five components. D—Scale-up of the program after two years. Map source: Government of Uganda, National Planning Authority (NPA), 2011. Abbrev: EID = Early Infant Diagnosis, PMTCT = Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission, PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction, MUAC = Mid-upper Arm Circumference.
Table 1.
Outcome variables, health facility data points, and data sources for cohort study.
Table 2.
Key informant interviews: Category definitions, inclusion criteria, sample targets.
Table 3.
Cohort analysis and comparison to baseline study outcomes.
Table 4.
Comparison of clinical care provision between baseline and evaluation periods.
Fig 4.
Applying Uganda’s “EID Systems Strengthening” model to other countries.
Diagram showing how Uganda’s model can potentially be applied in countries facing similar challenges with retention of HIV-exposed infants.