Table 2.
District | Fixed consortiums | Clinic names | Pre-study estimates of no. new ART patients/month | Xpert location |
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Ngami (Maun) | fixed triplet | Letsholathebe II Memorial Hospital | 36 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Ngami (Maun) | Boseja Clinic | 28 | ||
Ngami (Maun) | Maun Clinic | 28 | ||
Gaborone | fixed pair | Brodhurst Traditional Clinic | 35 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Gaborone | Bontleng Clinic | 45 | ||
Francistown | fixed pair | Botswelelo Clinic | 22 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Francistown | Area W Clinic | 22 | ||
Francistown | single facility | Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital | 18 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Kweneng East-Molepolole | fixed quadruplet | Borakalalo Clinic | 9 | 1 × POC Xpert |
Kweneng East-Molepolole | Kgosing Clinic | 8 | ||
Kweneng East-Molepolole | Molepolole Central Clinic | 8 | ||
Kweneng East-Molepolole | Phuth-kobo Clinic | 8 | ||
Kweneng East-Mogoditsane | single facility | Nkoyaphiri Clinic | 46 | 1 × POC Xpert |
Palapye | fixed pair | Ext 3 Clinic | 20 | 1 × POC Xpert |
Palapye | Lotsane Clinic | 20 | ||
Bobirwa | single facility | Bobonong Primary Hospital | 38 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Kanye | single facility | SDA Hospital | 22 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Gantsi | single facility | Gantsi Clinic | unknown* | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Kgatleng | single facility | Deborah Memorial Hospital | 26 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Lobatse | single facility | Athlon Clinic | 18 | 1 × Lab Xpert |
Serowe District | fixed pair | Kadimo Clinic | 12 | 1 × POC Xpert |
Serowe District | Serowe Clinic | 12 | ||
Total (22 clinics) | 479 | 13 | ||
Average per clinic | 23 |
Abbreviations: POC point of care, Xpert Xpert MTB/RIF, lab laboratory, ART antiretroviral therapy
*Routine monitoring data on rate of enrollment of antiretroviral therapy patients was not available at the time of study initiation for this clinic