Rwanda (76%), Malawi (64%) and Kenya (60%) achieved the highest testing rates, which are also ahead of the 51% target set for the African Region in the Global Plan.
Still, it is in crisis mode: more than 4, 800 schools have been closed in the region, medical services are swamped, and testing laboratories are working around the clock.
The greatest progress in HIV testing was in the African Region, where 0.5 million TB patients (37% of all notified cases) knew their HIV status in 2007.