Factors Determining Survival and Retention among HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents in a Community Home-Based Care and a Facility-Based Family-Centred Approach in Kampala, Uganda: A Cohort Study

Table 4

Deaths among children and adolescents in community home-based care who were not on ART classified according to whether the US 2011 or WHO 2010 initiation guidelines were met or not, Kampala, Uganda, 2003–2010.

Age group for US (months)	𝑁	US CDC guidelines^1 for ART met	Age group for WHO (months)	𝑁	WHO guidelines^2 for ART met
<12	11	11 (100%)	<12	11	11 (100%)
12–35	13	10 (76.9%)	12–24	9	9 (100%)
36–59	4	3 (75.0%)	24–59	8	5 (62.5%)
60+	32	25 (78.1%)	>60	32	23 (71.9%)
Overall	60	49 (81.7%)	Overall	60	48 (80.0%)

Source: WHO and US treatment guidelines.
¹US CDC 2011 criteria for ART initiation: <12 months all should be on ART; 12–35 months if CD4 < 1000 or <25%; 36–59 months if CD4 < 750 or <25%; 60+ months if CD4 < 500.
²WHO 2010 criteria for ART initiation: <12 months all should be on ART; 12–24 months all should be ART; 24–59 months if CD4 < 750 or <25%; 60+ months if CD4 < 350.