. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Mar 1;68(3):314–321. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000432

TABLE 1.

Rwandan National ART Guidelines and Eligibility Group Definitions

	2003–2007	2008–2010^*
Rwandan ART eligibility guidelines	WHO stage 4 regardless of CD4⁺	WHO stage 4 regardless of CD4⁺
	CD4⁺ ≤200	CD4⁺ ≤350 regardless of WHO stage
	CD4⁺ 200–350 and WHO stage 3
Eligibility groups based on enrollment data	Eligible: see above Ineligible	Eligible: see above Ineligible
	CD4⁺ >200 and WHO stage 1 or 2	CD4⁺ >350 and WHO stage 1–3
	CD4⁺ >350 and WHO stage 1–3
	Indeterminate	Indeterminate
	CD4⁺ 200–350 and missing WHO stage	CD4⁺ >350 and missing WHO stage
	WHO stage 1–3 and missing CD4⁺	WHO stage 1–3 and missing CD4⁺
	Missing both CD4⁺ and WHO stage	Missing both CD4⁺ and WHO stage

Change in Rwanda national guidelines occurred in July 2007, lagged to January 1, 2008, for analysis purposes.