Development and pilot testing of HIV screening program integration within public/primary health centers providing antenatal care services in Maharashtra, India

Table 1 HIV screening among pregnant women registered with NRHM, Satara district, Maharashtra, India

Indicators	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	P value
Total number of ANC registrations under NRHM	52411	53239
% women screened for HIV under NRHM^{a, c}	55. 4	79.0	<0.001
Number of functional PHCs in the district	36	36
% functional PHCs with NRHM supported ICTC facilities^{a, d}	47.2	97.2	<0.001
HIV screening by type of ICTC ^b
Number of women screened for HIV	29022	42120
% screened at NACO-supported ICTCs (district/rural hospitals)^e	86.3	75.0
% screened at NRHM-FICTCs (PHCs/SCs/village)^e	13.7	23.1	<0.001
% screened at public-private partnership ICTC clinics^e	0.0	1.9
HIV screening at NRHM FICTCs ^b
Number of women screened under NRHM -supported ICTCs	3982	9716
% tested at PHC by laboratory technician^f	100	74.7	<0.001
% tested at SC/village by nurse^f	0	25.3

ANC: antenatal care; SC: sub-center; ICTC: integrated counseling and testing center; PHC: primary health center; FICTCs: facility-based integrated counseling and testing center.
^aZ-test.
^bFisher’s exact test.
^cAmong pregnant women registered for ANC at NRHM health facilities.
^dAmong the number of 24X7 PHCs.
^eAmong total number of pregnant women screened for HIV.
^fAmong pregnant women screened for HIV at NRHM facility-based ICTC (PHCs/SCs/village).

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