March 19, 2008

Africa’s Top HIV Testers: Rwanda, Kenya and Malawi

According to a recent report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the African countries of Rwanda and Kenya have the highest rates of HIV testing through their tuberculosis care programs, South African newspaper The Citizen/AllAfrica.com report (allafrica.com, 3/18).

According to the article, Rwanda led the group with a 76 percent testing rate followed by Malawi with 64 percent and Kenya with 60 percent.

The WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Control report for 2008 also showed that 700,000 TB patients were tested for HIV in 2006—up from 22,000 in 2002.

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