Table 1.
Number of health facilities in the four regions and availability of laboratories and care and treatment centres for patients with HIV/AIDS
| District | Hospitals | Health Centres | Dispensary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | With Labs | With CTC | N | With Labs | With CTC | N | With Labs | With CTC | |
| Rural | |||||||||
| Iringa Rural (n = 72) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 9 | 0 |
| Masasi (n = 32) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| Igunga (n = 62) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 9 |
| Muheza (n = 47) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 5 |
| Sub-Total (n = 213) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 186 | 25 | 17 |
| Urban | |||||||||
| Iringa Urban (n = 30) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 6 |
| Mtwara (n = 20) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 12 |
| Tabora (n = 39) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 10 |
| Tanga (n = 52) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 37 | 0 |
| Sub-Total (n = 141) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 114 | 83 | 28 |
| Overall Total (n = 354) | 13 | 13a | 11b | 41 | 40a | 25b | 300 | 108a | 45b |
N = Total number of health facilities, Labs Laboratories, CTC Care and treatment Centre, n number of health facilities in each district and in rural/urban areas. Overall, 161 (45.5%)a health facilities had laboratories and only 81 (24.9%)b had CTCs; 76.1 and 82.6% of the HFs located in rural areas had no laboratories and CTCs, respectively