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Table 4 Tests performed and diseases diagnosed in both groups of HFs

From: “This thing of testing our blood is really very important”: a qualitative study of primary care laboratory services in Tete Province, Mozambique

 

Malaria

Haemoglobin: Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

HIV

Parasitosis

Tuberculosis

Thick blood smear

Rapid test

Rapid test

CD4: Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

PCR HIV DNA: Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Intestinal: Mean number tested per month(mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Urinary: Mean number tested per month(mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Mean number positive per month (%)

Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Mean number positive per month (%)

Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Mean number positive per month (%)

Mean number tested per month (mean number per month/1.000 target population)

Mean number positive monthly (%)

Three HFs with a laboratory (A, B, C)

132 (1,2)

44 (33,2 %)

3.935 (36,9)

2.262 (57,5 %)

304 (2,9)

649 (6,1)

51 (7,9 %)

354 (3,3)

9 (0,1)

21 (0,2)

68 (0,6)

37 (0,3)

5 (14,0 %)

Three HFs without a laboratory (D, E, F)

N/A

N/A

1.566 (15,3)

977 (62,4 %)

13 (0,1)

375 (3,7)

10 (2,5 %)

10 (0,1)

2 (0,02)

N/A

N/A

4 (0,04)a

1 (23,1 %)a

  1. N/A Not Available
  2. a via sample transfer to neighbouring HFs with a laboratory