Research Article

Reaching the Unreached: Providing Quality Care to HIV-Infected Children through Telemedicine—An Innovative Pilot Initiative from Maharashtra, India

Table 1

Description of the sample size of 31 regular linked and 28 nonlinked ART centers.

NatureTotal number of HIV cases ever registeredaPediatric HIV cases ever registeredbTotal number of HIV cases (October 2013-August 2015)Pediatric HIV cases (October 2013–August 2015)c

Linked (31)191,64415,881 (8.3%)36,1002803 (7.8%)
Nonlinked (28)197,32015,985 (8.1%)36,3942608 (7.2%)

aThese include HIV cases that were ever registered from the start of the center till August 2015. bProportion: total number of pediatric HIV cases ever registered/total number of HIV cases ever registered. cProportion: total number of pediatric HIV cases (October 2013 to August 2015)/total number of HIV cases registered (October 2013 to August 2015).