Figure 1.
Flowchart of tracing outcomes for ART patients who run out of ARVs for at least 21 days between January 2006 and December 2010 at Martin Preuss Centre and Lighthouse clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi.
LTFU = Lost to follow-up; Official transfer’ if transfer-out notes were available in the patient’s health book but not at the ART facility; or ‘self-transfer’ if the patient arranged the transfer independently; a patient could appear in more than one category during the study period. ‘Treatment gaps’ if a patient took none or fewer than the prescribed drugs before the interview date.
Figure 2.
Reasons for collecting ARVs from other ART providers.