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Table 4 Selected retention indicators

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

Indicators

Kenya

Malawi

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zimbabwe

 

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

Number of facilities

N = 38

N = 40

N = 5

N = 5

N = 23

N = 23

N = 15

N = 15

N = 19

N = 18

N = 15

N = 35

Facilities that conducted pill count in every visit (n (%))

30 (78.9)

35 (87.5)

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

12 (52.2)

7 (30.4)

10 (66.7)

7 (46.7)

15 (78.9)

12 (66.7)

13 (92.9)

35 (100)

Facilities with missing data (n)

          

1

 

Facilities that conducted home visits or made calls or sent text messages to patients with suboptimal adherence (n (%))

12 (31.6)

19 (47.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (20.0)

1 (4.3)

10 (43.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (13.3)

9 (47.4)

8 (44.4)

4 (26.7)

12 (34.3)

Facilities that conducted home visits or made calls or sent text messages to patients who had missed their visits (n (%))

36 (94.7)

40 (100.0)

4 (80.0)

5 (100.0)

23 (100.0)

23 (100.0)

9 (60.0)

10 (66.7)

18 (94.7)

18 (100.0)

12 (80.0)

35 (100.0)

Facilities that encouraged ART patients to join a peer support group (n (%))

38 (100.0)

36 (90.0)

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

13 (92.9)

20 (87.0)

13 (86.7)

10 (66.7)

15 (83.3)

18 (100.0)

13 (86.7)

30 (85.7)

Facilities with missing data (n)

    

9

   

1

   

Facilities that provided nutritional supplements to those undernourished (n (%))

38 (100.0)

38 (95.00

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

23 (100.0)

23 (100.0)

3 (21.0)

3 (20.0)

9 (47.4)

9 (50.0)

12 (80.0)

27 (77.1)

Facilities with missing data (n)

      

1

     

Facilities that encouraged ART patients to enrol for home based care (n (%))

35 (94.6)

29 (72.5)

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

22 (100.0)

21 (91.3)

13 (100.0)

13 (100.0)

16 (84.2)

17 (94.4)

15 (100.0)

32 (91.4)

Facilities with missing data (n)

1

   

1

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