Combining national survey with facility-based HIV testing data to obtain more accurate estimate of HIV prevalence in districts in Uganda

Combining national survey with facility-based HIV testing data to obtain more accurate estimate of HIV prevalence in districts in Uganda

Abstract Background National or regional population-based HIV prevalence surveys have small sample sizes at district or sub-district levels; this leads to wide confidence intervals when estimating HIV prevalence at district level for programme monitoring and decision making. Health facility programm...

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Main Authors: Joseph Ouma, Caroline Jeffery, Joseph J. Valadez, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Jim Todd, Jonathan Levin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Combining
Bias
Population survey
Health Information System
Hybrid Prevalence Estimate
District Health Information System
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-8436-z

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