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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2009 Oct;99(10):730–737.

Table I.

Characteristics of facilities providing ART

Cohort name
and location		 Main level
of care
provided		 Type of clinic
and payment		 Target
population		 First year of
ART provision		 No. of
children
on ART		 Median (IQR)
age (mo.) of
children at
ART initiation		 Number of
children (%)
<1 yr of age
at ART initiation
Harriet Shezi Clinic,
Soweto		 All levels Public and
research, free ART		 Children only 2001 2 183 55.9
(21.9 - 90.3)		 328 (15.0)
Rahima Moosa,
Mother and
Child Hospital
Johannesburg		 All levels Public, free ART Children and
pregnant women		 1999 1 023 44.0
(15.9 - 84.4)		 202 (19.8)
Red Cross Children’s
Hospital, Cape Town		 Tertiary Public and
research, free ART		 Children only 2001 839 16.1
(6.3 - 50.2)		 351 (41.8)
Tygerberg Hospital,
Cape Town		 Tertiary Public and,
research free ART		 Adults and
children, separate
clinics		 2000 690 21.6
(8.5 - 59.0)		 240 (34.8)
Khayelitsha
Community Health
Centre, Cape Town		 Primary Public, free ART Adults and
children, separate
clinics		 2001 650 41.7
(20.3 - 74.2)		 94 (14.5)
Gugulethu
Community Health
Centre, Cape Town		 Primary Public and,
research free ART		 Adults and
children, separate
clinics		 2001 262 47.1
(18.3 - 82.4)		 42 (16.0)
McCord Hospital,
Durban		 Secondary Government-
subsidised mission
hospital, small co-
payment		 Adults and
children, separate
clinics		 2003 431 72.4
(33.0 - 109.2)		 33 (7.7)
Total 6 078