From: Reduction in initiations of HIV treatment in South Africa during the COVID pandemic
Characteristic | Total sites in DHIS data set | Included in analysis (n, % of total sites in DHIS data set) | Total number of patients retained on ART at the facilities included in 2019 (column %) | Total number of ART initiations at the facilities included in 2019 (column %) |
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All fixed-site facilities | 4,200 | 2,471 (59) | 4,017,406 | 636,969 |
Facility type (public sector only) | ||||
Primary healthcare clinics | 3109 | 2041 (66) | 3,008,830 (75) | 463,924 (73) |
Community health centres | 332 | 270 (81) | 806,707 (20) | 139,028 (22) |
Hospitals | 283 | 160 (57) | 201,868 (5) | 34,017 (5) |
Mobile sites and correctional facilities (excluded) | 759 | 0 (0) | n.a | n.a |
Number of patients on ARTa | ||||
< 1000 | 2734 | 1079 (39) | 640,487 (16) | 91,190 (14) |
≧ 1000 | 1466 | 1392 (95) | 3,376,918 (84) | 545,779 (86) |
Setting | ||||
Urban | 1814 | 1229 (68) | 2,561,859 (64) | 435,911 (68) |
Peri-urban | 378 | 198 (52) | 304,590 (8) | 46,581 (7) |
Rural | 2008 | 1044 (52) | 1,150,956 (29) | 154,477 (24) |
Province | ||||
Eastern Cape | 888 | 411 (46) | 381,516 (9) | 61,167 (10) |
Free State | 294 | 178 (61) | 247,121 (6) | 32,060 (5) |
Gauteng | 446 | 371 (84) | 995,382 (25) | 187,531 (29) |
KwaZulu Natal | 840 | 547 (65) | 1,199,113 (30) | 176,714 (28) |
Limpopo | 539 | 329 (61) | 282,360 (7) | 36,547 (6) |
Mpumalanga | 340 | 267 (79) | 432,045 (11) | 71,490 (11) |
Northern Cape | 183 | 50 (27) | 33,895 (1) | 3,902(1) |
North West | 380 | 192 (51) | 230,501 (6) | 37,856 (6) |
Western Cape | 290 | 126 (44) | 215,474 (5) | 29,702 (5) |