Table 1 Selected ART access and retention indicators

ART access

Service access and coverage

Proportion of facilities providing ART at no cost

Proportion of facilities allowing clinical officers and nurses or midwives to initiate ART

Quality of care

Proportion of facilities providing ART training and refresher courses regularly to health care workers

Proportion of facilities conducting supervisory visits regularly

Median number of nurses providing HIV care

Proportion of facilities with reliable stock levels of ART in the past year

Proportion of facilities with reliable stock levels of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in the past year

Medical management

Proportion of facilities requiring no laboratory tests before ART initiation

Proportion of facilities using WHO ART eligibility threshold as the standard for initiating ART

Proportion of facilities providing IPT to ART patients

Proportion of facilities conducting tuberculosis (TB) screening at every visit

Proportion of facilities providing WHO recommended first-line ART regimen

Retention in care

Coordination of care and patient tracking

Proportion of facilities integrating TB and HIV services

Proportion of facilities providing three month ART refills

Proportion of facilities conducting pill count in every visit

Support to people living with HIV

Proportion of facilities conducting home visits or making calls or sending text messages to patients with suboptimal adherence

Proportion of facilities conducting home visit or making calls or sending text messages to patients who have missed their visits

Proportion of facilities encouraging ART patients to join a peer support group

Proportion of facilities encouraging ART patients to enrol for home based care

Proportion of facilities providing dietary supplements to undernourished patients