Table 3 Medical and other related problems of women on ART at Humera zonal Hospital, Tigray; August 2012, (n = 376)

Eating problem

Yes

74

19.7

No

302

80.3

Types of eating problem

Swallowing difficulty

38

10.1

Loss of appetite

33

8.8

Current or past OI

TB

98

26.1

Candidiasis

53

14.1

Toxoplasmosis

11

2.9

Diarrhea

271

72.1

Current condition

Improved

359

95.4

Same

16

4.3

Deteriorated

1

0.3

Clinical stage

Stage-I

127

33.8

Stage-II

27

7.2

Stage-III

138

36.7

Stage-IV

84

22.3

Adherence

High

318

84.6

Moderate

47

12.5

Low

11

2.9