TABLE. Follow-up of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection enrolled in care but not on antiretroviral therapy (pre-ART) who were contacted during implementation of the Treat All policy at 46 ART centers,* by pre-ART care status — Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh states, India, May 2017–June 2018.
| Contact efforts/Outcome | Pre-ART HIV care status
no. (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Active care† | Lost to follow-up§ | |
|
Contact attempted
|
25,007 (100.0)
|
13,308 (100.0) |
11,699 (100.0) |
|
Reached
|
12,691 (50.7)
|
8,139 (61.2) |
4,552 (38.9) |
| By telephone |
9,441 (74.4)
|
6,508 (80.0) |
2,933 (64.4) |
| By home visit |
3,250 (25.6)
|
1,631 (20.0) |
1,619 (35.6) |
|
Already on ART (% of persons reached)¶
|
1,950 (15.4)
|
1,368 (16.8) |
582 (12.8) |
|
Not on ART (% of persons reached)
|
10,741 (84.6)**
|
6,771 (83.2) |
3,970 (87.2) |
|
Agreed to visit ART center (% of persons not on ART)
|
10,243 (95.4)
|
6,564 (96.9) |
3,679 (92.7) |
|
Visited ART center (% of persons who agreed to visit)
|
6,524 (63.7)
|
4,836 (73.7) |
1,688 (45.9) |
| Initiated ART (% of persons who visited ART center) | 6,315 (96.8) | 4,680 (96.8) | 1,635 (96.9) |
Abbreviation: AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
* Supported by U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
† Defined as having had a CD4 count or clinical visit during May 2016–April 2017.
§ Defined as having had a CD4 count or clinical visit during January 2014–April 2016, and subsequently did not visit the ART center for ≥12 months.
¶ Among 12,691 persons reached, 1,950 (15.4%) reported having already visited the ART center and initiating ART since May 1, 2017.
** Three of 10,741 persons who reported not being on ART were eventually identified through medical records to be on ART.