EID coverage

Percentage of HIV-exposed infants who receive a virological test for HIV within 2 months (and 12 months) of birth

What it measures

This indicator measures early HIV diagnosis in infants.

Rationale

High coverage of early virological testing of infants helps initiate ART early in children with confirmed HIV infection and supports counselling on efforts to prevent seroconversion of those with a negative early test result.
Current PMTCT guidelines recommend virological testing for HIV-exposed infants within 2 months of birth.

Numerator

Number of HIV-exposed infants born during the reporting period who received a virological HIV test within 2 months (and 12 months) of birth

Denominator

Estimated number of HIV-positive women who delivered during the reporting period

Method of measurement

For the numerator. Programme records (for example, PMTCT registers, laboratory records)

For the denominator. Modelling-based estimates (for example, Spectrum AIM)

Note: The denominator is a proxy measure for the number of infants born to HIV-infected women.

The recommended reporting period is 12 months.

Disaggregation

Disaggregation of the numerator

Test result (HIV-positive, HIV-negative, indeterminate, other) to enable calculation of the percentage positive and the percentage with an indeterminate result among HIV-exposed infants receiving a virological test
Age of infant (<2 months, 2-12 months) to allow the separate calculation of the proportion of exposed infants receiving virological testing within 2 months of birth and within 12 months of birth.

Further information

Related Indicators

2.1 Early infant diagnosis, Global AIDS Monitoring 2020: Indicators for monitoring the 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS (https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/global-aids-monitoring_en.pdf).

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