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Status of Antiretroviral Therapy Service Delivery in Uganda

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By end of June 2010, there were 414 accredited facilities providing ART services in the public and private sector in Uganda. The number of active ART clients had increased to 237,070 by June 2010, of whom 89 percent were adults aged over 15 years, 8 percent were children aged less than 15 years, and 3 percent had their age not specified. By end of June 2010, the cumulative number of individuals who had ever started ART in Uganda was 343,809, implying that the current enrolment is 69% of this total. During the quarter April - June 2010, 15,312 clients were enrolled onto ART country wide. Among the 89 percent (211,287) of adults clients with information on ART regimen, 97.1 percent (184,033) were on standard first-line regimens, 2.9% (5,508) on second-line regimen. Among 19,089 children with ARV regimens specified, 96 percent were on first-line regimen.

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