Table 1. Primary VL, relapse VL and PKDL treatment data from Médecins Sans Frontières - Holland clinics in Southern Sudan (1999–2007).
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Total | |
Primary VL | 636 | 346 | 1,514 | 1,766 | 2,620 | 1,057 | 456 | 354 | 51 | 8,800 |
(86.0%) | (77.1%) | (89.4%) | (86.2%) | (90.8%) | (84.6%) | (88.2%) | (77.5%) | (78.5%) | (87.1%) | |
Relapse VL | 31 | 54 | 53 | 132 | 165 | 79 | 25 | 72 | 10 | 621 |
(4.2%) | (12.0%) | (3.2%) | (6.4%) | (5.8%) | (6.3%) | (4.8%) | (15.8%) | (15.4%) | (6.1%) | |
PKDL | 73 | 49 | 126 | 151 | 101 | 113 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 684 |
(9.9%) | (10.9%) | (7.5%) | (7.4%) | (3.5%) | (9.0%) | (7.0%) | (6.8%) | (6.1%) | (6.8%) | |
Total for whom treatment data were entered | 740 | 449 | 1,693 | 2,049 | 2,886 | 1,249 | 517 | 457 | 65 | 10,105 |
(100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | (100.0%) | |
Total number of treatments a | 799 | 540 | 1,909 | 2,111 | 3,414 | 1,934 | 1,447 | 590 | 180 | 12,924 |
Proportion for whom data were entered | 92.6% | 83.1% | 88.7% | 97.1% | 84.5% | 64.6% | 35.7% | 77.5% | 36.1% | 78.2% |
Proportion of primary VL patients treated in Lankien b | 58.4% | 45.4% | 41.2% | 80.9% | 80.4% | 4.8% | 75.0% | 76.8% | 98.0% | 61.4% |
from MSF summary statistics.
low proportion in 2004 due to looting of Lankien and consequent loss of patient medical record.