Table 1 Late presentation to health care facilities of HIV AIDS patients in sub Saharan Africa

Bassett, et al.

South Africa

Median CD4 count of 96 cells/uL

Median CD4 count of patients when deemed ART eligible (not ART initiation) at the Sinikithemba HIV clinic at McCord Hospital.

Mulissa, et al.

Ethiopia

Median CD4 value 156 cells/mm³, WHO stage III (49.2%), WHO stage IV (13.3%)

Values of all adult HIV-positive patients at time of presentation to care at Arba Minch Hospital.

Deguenonvo, et al.

Dakar, Senegal (Infectious Diseases Clinic of Fann Teaching Hospital)

Mean CD4 values was 100/mm³, CD4 cell lymphocytes ≤ 200 in 86% of cases, AIDS diagnosis in 88% of admitted patients

All HIV-positive patients hospitalized in the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Fann Teaching Hospital in Dakar.

Amuron, et al.

Jinja, Uganda

Median CD4 value was 157/mm³ (patients screened between January 6 and December 6, 2005)

HIV-infected subjects being tested for ART eligibility after HIV-diagnosis at The AIDS Support Clinic.

Ingle, et al.

South Africa

Median CD4 value was 101/mm³ in 2007

Initial CD4 screening in HIV-infected patients from 36 facilities participating in the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Management (CHAM) program testing for ART eligibility after HIV diagnosis.

The ART-LINC Collaboration of the International Databases to Evaluate AIDS

Sub-Saharan Africa (Review)

Median baseline* CD4 value was 122 cells/mm³ in 2005–2006 in Africa**

HIV-infected patients from numerous health facilities throughout sub-Saharan Africa**.