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Table 1 Number of health facilities in the four regions and availability of laboratories and care and treatment centres for patients with HIV/AIDS

From: Performance of health laboratories in provision of HIV diagnostic and supportive services in selected districts of Tanzania

District

Hospitals

Health Centres

Dispensary

N

With Labs

With CTC

N

With Labs

With CTC

N

With Labs

With CTC

Rural

 Iringa Rural (n = 72)

1

1

1

10

9

5

61

9

0

 Masasi (n = 32)

2

2

2

3

3

3

27

3

3

 Igunga (n = 62)

2

2

2

5

5

4

55

4

9

 Muheza (n = 47)

1

1

1

3

3

2

43

9

5

Sub-Total (n = 213)

6

6

6

21

20

14

186

25

17

Urban

 Iringa Urban (n = 30)

3

3

1

4

4

2

23

23

6

 Mtwara (n = 20)

1

1

1

3

3

2

16

3

12

 Tabora (n = 39)

2

2

2

2

2

2

35

20

10

 Tanga (n = 52)

1

1

1

11

11

5

40

37

0

Sub-Total (n = 141)

7

7

5

20

20

11

114

83

28

Overall Total (n = 354)

13

13a

11b

41

40a

25b

300

108a

45b

  1. N = Total number of health facilities, Labs Laboratories, CTC Care and treatment Centre, n number of health facilities in each district and in rural/urban areas. Overall, 161 (45.5%)a health facilities had laboratories and only 81 (24.9%)b had CTCs; 76.1 and 82.6% of the HFs located in rural areas had no laboratories and CTCs, respectively