We observed a decreasing trend in the proportion of HEI that tested HIV positive from 7.0% (95% CI 6.6% to 7.4%) in 2013 to 5.7% (95% CI 5.4% to 5.9%) in 2015 followed by an increase to 9.9% (95% CI 9.6% to 10.2%) in 2017 and thereafter a decreasing trend between 2017 (i.e. 9.72% (95%CI: 9.43-10.01)) and 2020 (i.e. 3.86% (95%CI: 3.34-4.37)).
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Factors associated with the risk of HIV infection among HIV-exposed infants in Malawi: 2013-2020.
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We observed an increasing trend in the number of HEI tested for HIV from 16 308 (6%) in 2013 to 43,370 (17.0%) in 2018 and a decrease in 2019 ( table 1 ).