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Table 4 Retention rates according to the time on ART, Thyolo–Malawi and Buhera-Zimbabwe

From: Short and long term retention in antiretroviral care in health facilities in rural Malawi and Zimbabwe

 

6m

12m

18m

24m

30m

36m

42m

48m

Patients from ART initiation

Thyolo

All patients

83.8%

79.7%

77.4%

75.8%

74.5%

73.3%

72.1%

70.9%

Health centres

81.7%

78.6%

76.0%

73.5%

72.8%

-

-

-

District Hospital

84.5%

80.1%

77.8%

76.4%

75.0%

73.1%

72.1%

71.0%

Buhera

All patients

87.6%

84.1%

81.9%

80.1%

78.7%

   

Health centres

91.3%

88.6%

86.9%

85.2%

83.9%

   

Hospital – Health centreC

97.5%

95.8%

94.3%

93.2%

92.3%

   

District Hospital

78.9%

73.5%

70.5%

68.2%

66.4%

   

Patients at least 12 months on ART

Thyolo

All patients

-

-

97.1%

95.2%

93.5%.

92.0%

90.5%

88.9%

Health centres

-

-

96.6%

93.5%

92.6%

-

-

-

District hospital

-

-

97.1%

95.3%

93.7%

92.2%

90.6%

89.1%

Buhera

All patients

-

-

97.4%

95.3%

93.6%

   

Health centres

-

-

98.1%

96.2%

94.7%

   

Hospital – Health centreC

-

-

98.5%

97.4%

96.4%

   

District Hospital

-

-

95.9%

92.7%

90.4%

   
  1. C Hospital – Health centres are the patients who initiated ART in the hospital and were later referred to the health centres.