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## Background: Hiv testing with counseling is an integral component of most national hiv and aids prevention strategies in southern africa. equity in testing implies that people at higher risk for hiv such as women; those who do not use condoms consistently; those with multiple partners; those who have suffered gender based violence; and those who are unable to implement prevention choices (the choice-disabled) are tested and can have access to treatment. ## Methods: We conducted a household survey of 24,069 people in nationally stratified random samples of communities in botswana, lesotho, malawi, mozambique, namibia, south africa, swaziland, tanzania, zambia, and zimbabwe. we asked about testing for hiv in the last 12 months, intention to test, and about hiv risk behaviour, socioeconomic indicators, access to information, and attitudes related to stigma. ## Results: Across the ten countries, seven out of every ten people said they planned to have an hiv test but the actual proportion tested in the last 12 months varied from 24% in mozambique to 64% in botswana. generally, people at higher risk of hiv were not more likely to have been tested in the last year than those at lower ri

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Author

Steven Mitchell; Anne Cockcroft; Gilles Lamothe; Neil Andersson

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1472-698X)

Published

2010

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)