Table 2. ART program outcomes by time in HIV care among HIV-infected persons who registered for pre-ART and ART care between April 2012 and March 2013 in Lilongwe, Malawi.
| Low-volume load facilities | High-volume load facilities* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–12 months | 0–24 months | 0–12 months | 0–24 months | |||||
| Pre-ART | ||||||||
| Total registered | 226 | 226 | 1681 | 1681 | ||||
| Follow-up outcome | ||||||||
| pre-ART follow-up | 184 | 81% | 158 | 70% | 637 | 38% | 351 | 21% |
| Started ART | 39 | 17% | 64 | 28% | 253 | 15% | 426 | 25% |
| LTFU¥ | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 791 | 47% | 904 | 54% |
| Transferred out | 2 | <1% | 3 | <1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Dead | 1 | <1% | 1 | <1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| ART | ||||||||
| Total registered | 1017 | 1017 | 8380 | 8380 | ||||
| ART outcomeβ | ||||||||
| Alive and on ART | 740 | 75% | 675 | 69% | 5097 | 61% | 4174 | 50% |
| LTFU | 207 | 21% | 258 | 26% | 2071 | 25% | 2699 | 32% |
| Stopped ART | 1 | 0% | 1 | <1% | 7 | <1% | 12 | <1% |
| Transferred out | 8 | 1% | 11 | 1% | 1178 | 14% | 1467 | 18% |
| Dead | 21 | 2% | 32 | 3% | 18 | <1% | 19 | <1% |
*High-volume load facilities enrolled at least 400 ART patients per year
¥LTFU: Loss to follow-up
β40 patients had no ART outcomes in paper-based facilities and 9 had no ART outcomes in EMR-based facilities