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Table 2 Health facility characteristics

From: From policy to practice: exploring the implementation of antiretroviral therapy access and retention policies between 2013 and 2016 in six sub-Saharan African countries

 

Kenya

Malawi

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zimbabwe

 

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Number of facilities

N = 42

N = 42

N = 6

N = 6

N = 23

N = 23

N = 19

N = 19

N = 19

N = 19

N = 36

N = 36

Type of facility

 Hospital/large health centres (n(%))

8 (19.0)

7 (16.7)

3 (50.0)

5 (83.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

11 (57.9)

10 (52.6)

3 (15.8)

3 (15.8)

11 (30.6)

1 (2.9)

 Sub-district hospitals/ health centres/dispensaries (n(%))

34 (81.0)

35 (83.3)

3 (50.0)

1 (16.7)

23 (100.0)

23 (100.0)

8 (42.1)

9 (47.4)

16 (84.2)

16 (84.2)

25 (69.4)

34 (97.1)

Managing authority

 Government (n(%))

34 (81.1)

34 (81.1)

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

16 (84.2)

17 (89.5)

14 (73.7)

14 (73.7)

27 (75.0)

26 (72.2)

 Faith-based, NGO, private (n(%))

8 (19.0)

8 (19.0)

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

23 (100.0)

23 (100.0)

3 (15.8)

2 (10.5)

5 (26.3)

5 (26.3)

9 (25.0)

10 (27.8)

 Median number of nurses/midwives providing HIV services [IQR]

2.8 (2.0–4.0)

3 (2.0–5.0)

1.5 (1.0–4.0)

2 (2.0–3.0)

5 (3.0–6.0)

6 (4.0–7.0)

1 (1.0–6.0)

3.5 (1.0–5.5)

3.5 (1.0–6.0)

2 (2.0–5.0)

1 (1.0–3.0)

1 (0.0–3.0)

 Median number of clinicians (doctors and clinical officers) [IQR]

1 (1.0–2.0)

1 (1.0–2.0)

0.5 (0.0–2.0)

1.5 (1.0–3.0)

0 (0.0–0.5)

0 (0.0–0.5)

2 (0.5–2.0)

1 (1.0–5.0)

2 (1.0–3.0)

2 (1.0–3.0)

0 (0.0–0.0)

0 (0.0–0.0)

 Median number of weekly ART clients/HIV staff (nurse and clinicians) [IQR]

11 (5–17)

11 (4–18)

1 (0–1)

0 (0–2)

2 (1–12)

21 (11–44)

6 (4–10)

9 (4–19)

11 (6–16)

9 (1–15)

4 (2–15)

6 (2–12)

 Median number of ART clients per week (including those starting or coming for a follow-up visit) [IQR]

40 (23–75)

52 (25–92)

3 (2–3)

3 (1–17)

10 (7–43)

151 (70–245)

34 (14–42)

63 (31–216)

49 (24–64)

26 (5–73)

11 (2–30)

11 (7–26)