Table 1.

Percentage of Antiretroviral Treatment Clinics Monitored in 2007, 2008, and 2009 Achieving the World Health Organization Early Warning Indicator Targets

		ART Clinics Achieving the EWI Target, %
Indicator	EWI Target for All Clinics, %	2007 (n = 17)	2008 (n = 40)	2009 (n = 24)
Adult patients initiating ART who were initially prescribed an appropriate first-line ART regimena	100	65	92.5	96
Patients initiating ART at a site who were lost to follow-up 12 mo after initiation	≤20	70	52.5	33.3
Patients who were taking an appropriate first-line ART regimen 12 mo after ART initiation	≥80	53	35	45.8
Patients on ART who picked up ARV drugs on time	≥70	ND	ND	80 (n = 10)
ART patients who attended clinical consultations on time	≥90	ND	ND	80 (n = 10)
Months during a designated year with no ARV drug stockouts	100	ND	57	22 (n = 18)

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral treatment; ARV, antiretroviral; EWI, early warning indicator; ND, EWI not assessed.

^aAppropriate regimens were defined as regimens following national or World Health Organization first-line ART prescribing guidelines.