Provide HIV testing and counseling

In the main clinic, all clients are offered HIV testing. Some of the clients receive HIV testing as part of
their general medical care while some may come only for HIV counseling and testing. In figure-b it is
shown that over the five years of Inger and Claes gift (2009-2014) we provided HIV testing and
counseling to a cumulative total of 1,508 clients of whom 1,025 (68%) were female.

Fig-b: Cumulative number of clients tested for

HIV
Male Female Total

1508

1167
1025
858
774
571 585
483
403 393
311 273
227 168
84
July 31-2010 July 31-2011 July 31-2012 July 31-2013 July 31-2014

Clients Tested for HIV in 2013-4

We provide HIV counseling and testing to clients who come seeking just that service and to patients who
may have other illnesses but also want to be tested for HIV. Figure-7 shows that the highest total number
tested for HIV on the last Saturday was 43 in the month of August 2013 of whom 31 were females and 12
were males.

Figure-7a: Clients Tested for HIV

 Clients Tested for HIV
Male Female Total

43
37 38
35
31 29 30 29
26 25 26 25 25
23 23
20 20
16 17 15 16
12 14 12 1415 13
10 11
6 5 7 6
3 4
1

HIV Positivity
Figure-7b shows that over the reporting period a total of 341 clients of whom 90 were males and 251
were females received HIV testing. Among the males 7 clients (8%) were HIV positive and among the
females 8 clients (3%) were HIV positive. Thus, the overall HIV prevalence among the clients we tested
was 4%. The prevalence among our females is lower than the prevalence of HIV in the general population
which per a recent sero-survey1 was 9.4 % among females. However, the prevalence among our males
(8%) is similar the general population which is 8.2% among males. Given that ours is a self-selected
population of patients seeking medical care mixed with individuals seeking voluntary HIV counseling and
testing we cannot make any conclusions about these differences with the general population.

Figure-7b: HIV Positivity

1
The Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey of 2011 showed that in the Central-2 Region where (Namulaba-Mukono
District) belongs the HIV prevalence among women was 9.4% and among men it was 8.2% and both sexes
combined it was 8.9%.
 HIV Positivity
Total Tested for HIV Total Positive Percent +Ve

341

251

90

7 8% 8 3% 15 4%

Male Female Total