Table 1. List of Selected Sites and their Required Sample Size for the 2013 EWI Survey (Adopted from the WHO EWI HIVDR Guidelines, 2010).
Region | N° | Name of the selected sites | Geographic location of site (Urban or Rural) | Healthcare category (Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary) | Patients enrolled on ART in 2012 | Sample size (WHO guidelines) |
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Centre | 1 | Yaoundé Central Hospital | Urban | Secondary | 1921 | 180 |
2 | National Social Welfare Hospital | Urban | Secondary | 796 | 160 | |
3 | Yaoundé Jamot Hospital | Urban | Secondary | 938 | 175 | |
4 | Yaounde General Hospital | Urban | Tertiary | 421 | 140 | |
5 | Yaoundé Pediatric and Gyneco-Obstetric Hospital | Urban | Tertiary | 263 | 120 | |
6 | University Health Centre—Yaoundé | Urban | Tertiary | 634 | 155 | |
7 | Cité Verte District Hospital | Urban | Primary | 435 | 145 | |
8 | Mbalmayo District Hospital | Rural | Primary | 323 | 130 | |
9 | Obala District Hospital | Rural | Primary | 254 | 120 | |
Littoral | 10 | Douala Laquintinie Hospital | Urban | Secondary | 615 | 155 |
11 | Douala General Hospital | Urban | Tertiary | 377 | 135 | |
12 | Nylon District Hospital | Urban | Primary | 958 | 175 | |
13 | Saint jean Malte Hospital of Njombe | Rural | Primary | 260 | 120 | |
14 | Nkongsamba District Hospital | Rural | Primary | 381 | 135 | |
15 | Edéa District Hospital | Rural | Primary | 292 | 120 | |
Total | 2165 |
EWI, early warning indicator; WHO, World Health Organization; HIVDR, HIV drug resistance; ‘‘Urban” referred to city/township settings; ‘‘Rural” referred to peripheral/village settings; ‘‘Primary” referred to first-level health facilities; ‘‘Secondary” referred to medium/intermediate level health facilities; ‘‘Tertiary” referred to high/reference level health facilities.