Awareness of Facilities with HIV Testing
Indicator Phrasing
English: % of women aged 15 – 49 years aware of a place where they can get an HIV test
French: % de femmes âgées de 15 à 49 ans qui connaissent un endroit où elles peuvent effectuer un test VIH
Portuguese: % de mulheres com idades entre os 15 e os 49 anos que têm conhecimento de um local onde podem fazer o teste do VIH
Czech: % žen ve věku 15 – 49 let se znalostí místa kde mohou absolvovat HIV test
What is its purpose?
The indicator measures the proportion of women aware of where they can get an HIV test – an essential pre-condition for receiving effective treatment (if required) and preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission.
How to Collect and Analyse the Required Data
Collect the following data by conducting individual interviews with a representative sample of women aged 15 – 49 years:
RECOMMENDED SURVEY QUESTIONS (Q) AND POSSIBLE ANSWERS (A)
Q1: Do you know of any place where you can get an HIV test?
A1: yes / no
(ask only if the previous answer is YES)
Q2: Where exactly is that place?
A2: the respondent knows a specific place / the respondent does NOT know a specific place
Calculate the indicator’s value by dividing the number of respondents who know a specific place by the total number of interviewed respondents and multiplying the result by 100.
Electronic questionnaire
Disaggregate by
Disaggregate the data by the respondent’s location and age.
Important Comments
1) Always verify whether the respondent really knows a specific place and does not just say, for example, (somewhere) “in a district town” or (somewhere) “in a hospital”, without knowing a concrete place.