Table 3. Number of HIV-infected people eligible for ART as per the current and new WHO criteria for ART initiation, Karnataka State, India, 2012 (N = 37044*).
Eligibility Criteria | Number eligible | Percentage | Number (%) additionally eligible |
WHO-2010 ART Guidelines | 27074 | 73.1 | |
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (CD4 count ≤500) | 31483 | 85.0 | 4409 (11.9) |
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (all pregnant women irrespective of CD4 count) | 27981 | 75.5 | 907 (2.4) |
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (all children under five years irrespective of CD4 count) | 27262 | 73.6 | 188 (0.5) |
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (CD4 count ≤500+all pregnant women+ all under-five children irrespective of CD4 count) | 32178 | 86.9 | 5104 (13.8) |
WHO-World Health Organization; ART-antiretroviral therapy; HIV-Human immunodeficiency virus;
*Eligibility could not be assessed for 263 patients.