HIV policy implementation in two health and demographic surveillance sites in Uganda: findings from a national policy review, health facility surveys and key informant interviews

Table 1 Background characteristics of the study sites

	Kyamulibwa	Rakai
Site history
Start of demographic data collection and serosurveys	Nov-89	Apr-99
Number of clinics (surveyed/total in HDSS)	10/3^a	14/17
Size (km²)	28	320
Adults (15+ years) under surveillance, 2013	9697	20,055
ART indicators
Introduction of ART	Jan-04	Jun-04
Full ART implementation	Jan-05	Jun-06
HIV indicators
HIV prevalence (2013) (%)	9.4	12.5
HIV−ve mortality rate, 2009–2011 (per 1000)	8.6	3.4
Pre-ART HIV+ve mortality rate (2000–2003) (per 1000)	90	96.2
Post-ART HIV+ve mortality rate (2009–2011) (per 1000)	22.7	22.5

Source: [6, 22]
^aSix facilities outside of the HDSS that also serve the population of Kyamulibwa were also included in the analysis

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