Table 1. Relationship between CD4 tiers and NDOH Health Care Facilities.
| Applicable CD4 facility tier | |||||||
| Tier-1 | Tier-2 | Tier-3 | Tier-4 | Tier-5 | Tier-6 | ||
| True POC | POC-Hub | Community Laboratories | District Labs | Centralized ‘Metro’ Labs | Reference/Super-Lab | ||
| *NDOH Health Care Facility type(20) | Proportion offering ART | <10§ | <30-40§ | ≤150§ | ≤300§ | >300§ | >600§ |
| Mobile Clinic | 19% | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Satellite Clinic | 4% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Clinic (PHC), open 4 days per week | 65% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Community Day Centre (CDC), open 5-7 days per week | 1% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Community Health Centre/Hospital, open 24 hours, 7 days per week | 5% | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| District Hospital (Level 1) | 5% | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Regional Hospital (Level 2) | 1% | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Tertiary Hospital (Level 3) | 0% | Yes | Yes | ||||
Table showing the integration of the category of Health Care Facility (NDOH ‘Classification of Health Care Facility’ [20] offering ART) in relation to the proposed tier of CD4 service testing centre required to match and accommodate referred numbers of CD4 tests.
*testing facility framework and proportion offering ART; §sample testing capacity per day.