Table 4.
Retention rates according to the time on ART, Thyolo–Malawi and Buhera-Zimbabwe
| 6m | 12m | 18m | 24m | 30m | 36m | 42m | 48m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Patients from ART initiation | ||||||||
|
Thyolo | ||||||||
| All patients |
83.8% |
79.7% |
77.4% |
75.8% |
74.5% |
73.3% |
72.1% |
70.9% |
| Health centres |
81.7% |
78.6% |
76.0% |
73.5% |
72.8% |
- |
- |
- |
| District Hospital |
84.5% |
80.1% |
77.8% |
76.4% |
75.0% |
73.1% |
72.1% |
71.0% |
|
Buhera | ||||||||
| All patients |
87.6% |
84.1% |
81.9% |
80.1% |
78.7% |
|
|
|
| Health centres |
91.3% |
88.6% |
86.9% |
85.2% |
83.9% |
|
|
|
| Hospital – Health centreC |
97.5% |
95.8% |
94.3% |
93.2% |
92.3% |
|
|
|
| District Hospital |
78.9% |
73.5% |
70.5% |
68.2% |
66.4% |
|
|
|
|
Patients at least 12 months on ART | ||||||||
|
Thyolo | ||||||||
| All patients |
- |
- |
97.1% |
95.2% |
93.5%. |
92.0% |
90.5% |
88.9% |
| Health centres |
- |
- |
96.6% |
93.5% |
92.6% |
- |
- |
- |
| District hospital |
- |
- |
97.1% |
95.3% |
93.7% |
92.2% |
90.6% |
89.1% |
|
Buhera | ||||||||
| All patients |
- |
- |
97.4% |
95.3% |
93.6% |
|
|
|
| Health centres |
- |
- |
98.1% |
96.2% |
94.7% |
|
|
|
| Hospital – Health centreC |
- |
- |
98.5% |
97.4% |
96.4% |
|
|
|
| District Hospital | - | - | 95.9% | 92.7% | 90.4% | |||
C Hospital – Health centres are the patients who initiated ART in the hospital and were later referred to the health centres.