Data variables, sources of data and data collection

Data variables included the period, year, month, site (PHU or hospital), number of monthly reports submitted and completed, number of pregnant women undergoing HIV testing each month and number testing positive for HIV and administered PMTCT prophylaxis or who started ART. In the general population, the data variables were the monthly number who underwent HIV testing, tested positive for HIV and started ART. The sources were the antenatal registers, HIV testing registers and the monthly summary forms at the PHUs and the hospitals.