Design of Quality Improvement Collaborative Indicators Used in Cameroon and Zambia to Improve Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation
| Cameroon | Zambia | |
|---|---|---|
| EID testing coverage and timing | Percentage of eligible HEIs who received EID testing at <8 weeks of age | Percentage of HEIs tested who received EID testing at <8 weeks of age |
| Number of eligible HEIs tested for HIV at >8 weeks of age | Number of HEIs tested for HIV at >8 weeks of age | |
| Number of eligible HEIs tested each month | Number of HEIs tested each month | |
| Test results return to caregiver | Percentage of HEIs tested who were identified as HIV infected each month | Percentage of HEIs tested who were identified as HIV infected each month |
| Percentage of all HEI HIV test results returned to caregiver this month | Percentage of HEIs identified as HIV infected whose caregivers received their results this month | |
| Turnaround time | Mean time from health facility receiving HEI HIV test results from national laboratory and sharing with caregiver | Mean time between positive EID HIV test result and ART initiation |
| ART initiation | Percentage of HIV-infected infants newly initiated on ART each month | Percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on ART each month |
| Percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on ART the same day their positive test was received each month | ||
| Percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on ART within 2 weeks of receiving positive test results each month |
Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; EID, early infant diagnosis; HEI, HIV-exposed infant.