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Table 1 Patients receiving HIV-related services at Kamuzu Central Hospital between 2003 and 2006

From: Effect of provider-initiated testing and counselling and integration of ART services on access to HIV diagnosis and treatment for children in Lilongwe, Malawi: a pre- post comparison

 

HIV testing and counselling

Registrations at ART clinic

ART initiations

Quarter

paediatric

adult

paediatric

adult

paediatric

Adult

year

LH*

dept.#

LH§

LH

dept.

LH

LH

dept.

LH

Q1 2003

24

-

1387

23

-

838

6

-

116

Q2

53

-

1484

50

-

778

12

-

116

Q3

70

-

1761

52

-

734

8

-

143

Q4

101

-

2029

82

-

836

23

-

164

Q1 2004

109

-

2431

71

-

966

18

-

205

Q2

126

-

2785

56

-

975

18

-

349

Q3

101

-

3630

129

-

1481

36

-

487

Q4

154

97

3175

112

48

1342

47

-

386

Q1 2005

174

112

3505

102

77

1488

43

-

536

Q2

175

143

3163

113

115

1231

40

75

404

Q3

183

175

3724

75

151

977

51

89

439

Q4

198

155

3328

41

151

769

51

100

636

Q1 2006

167

273

3526

42

192

839

69

125

734

Q2

282

217

3494

35

213

779

22

128

431

Q3

247

196

4116

43

179

781

23

95

453

Q4

194

245

3959

42

234

823

19

120

429

Total

2358

1613

47497

1068

1360

15637

486

732

6028

  1. *paediatric services at Lighthouse; #services at the paediatric department of KCH; §services for adults at Lighthouse; Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in the paediatric department started in October 2004, ART at paediatric department started operating in November 2004. Until official opening in February 2005, children who started ART at the paediatric department were registered at Lighthouse.
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BMC Pediatrics

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