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On April 27, 2022 at 4:28:07 AM UTC, Gravatar Towera:
  • Updated description of Malawi Integrated HIV Program Report 2012 Q4 to

    This is the sixth quarterly HIV Program report after implementation of the 2011 Integrated Clinical HIV Guidelines in July 2011. A summary of the key achievements between __October and December 2012__ is provided below: * Scale-up of integrated HIV services had reached the following number of sites: __825__ static (607 within and 218 outside of health facilities) and 534 outreach HTC sites __651__ (static) ART sites __585__ PMTCT sites (Option B+) __ 577__ Pre-ART sites __579__ sites with HIV-exposed child follow-up * 378,560 persons were tested and counselled for HIV and 33,718 (9%) were HIV positive; 143,906 (38%) people tested for the first time. * 111,503 (68%) of 163,510 women at ANC had their HIV status ascertained; 9,891 (9%) of these were HIV positive. 117,730 (88%) of 132,755 women at maternity had their HIV status ascertained; 9,647 (8%) of these were HIV positive. * 24,168 patients started ART during this quarter; this is a further decrease from the previous quarter (26,909). Some of this decline was probably due to a shortage of HIV test kits. * 404,905 patients were alive and on ART by end of December 2012; 72,612 (19%) of 376,094 on first line adult regimens were on ART regimen 5A (tenofovir / lamivudine / efavirenz) * 80% of adults and 81% of children were retained alive on ART at 12 months after ART initiation. * A total of 10,882 HIV positive pregnant women were on ART: 4,211 (39%) of these were already on ART when getting pregnant and 6,671 (61%) started ART during pregnancy/delivery. 6,349 (95%) of pregnant women started ART due to Option B+ (in WHO clinical stage 1 or 2) and 322 (5%) due to a low CD4 count and/or WHO clinical stage 3 or 4.



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