Barriers to Initiation of Pediatric HIV Treatment in Uganda: A Mixed-Method Study

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 1</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">Characteristics of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) sites.</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center">Kampala</td><td align="center">Fort Portal</td><td align="center">Mbale</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Location</td><td align="center">National capital</td><td align="center">District capital</td><td align="center">District capital</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Population<sup>a</sup></td><td align="center">1,659,600</td><td align="center">47,100</td><td align="center">91,800</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Catchment area</td><td align="center">Urban</td><td align="center">Urban and rural</td><td align="center">Urban and rural</td></tr><tr><td align="left">HIV prevalence<sup>b</sup></td><td align="center">5–9.9%</td><td align="center">5–9.9%</td><td align="center">5–9.9%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of adults in care at JCRC (% of total)<sup>c</sup></td><td align="center">15306 (85.7)</td><td align="center">5880 (87.3)</td><td align="center">3027 (85.7)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of children in care at JCRC (% total)<sup>c</sup></td><td align="center">2553 (14.3)</td><td align="center">858 (12.7)</td><td align="center">506 (14.3)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of adults receiving ART at JCRC (% of adults in care)<sup>c</sup></td><td align="center">6096 (39.8)</td><td align="center">2575 (43.8)</td><td align="center">2505 (82.8)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of children receiving ART at JCRC (% of children in care)<sup>c</sup></td><td align="center">888 (34.8)</td><td align="center">340 (39.6)</td><td align="center">349 (69.0)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><sup>&#13;
                                    a</sup>Source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) 2011.<br /><sup>&#13;
                                    b</sup>Source: UNAIDS Epidemiological Factsheet Uganda 2009.<br /><sup>&#13;
                                    c</sup>Source: Monitoring and Evaluation records at JCRC, 2011.<br /></td></tr></table></div></div>

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