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Table 1 Characteristics of the paediatric clinical sites in the IeDEA West African collaboration (pWADA), 2000-2007.

From: 12-month mortality and loss-to-program in antiretroviral-treated children: The IeDEA pediatric West African Database to evaluate AIDS (pWADA), 2000-2008

Country

Site

Electronic files or medical records

Location

Sector

(public/private)

Free access to ART

Free access to cotrimoxazole

Free access to lab exams*

Availability of tracing methods for loss to follow-up**

Benin

Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées, Cotonou (UPEIV)

Electronic

Urban

Private

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Côte d'Ivoire

Centre de Prise en charge, de Recherche et de Formation (CEPREF), Abidjan

Electronic

Urban

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Côte d'Ivoire

MTCT Plus Network, Abidjan

Electronic

Urban

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Côte d'Ivoire

CHU de Yopougon, Abidjan

Electronic

Urban

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Côte d'Ivoire

CIRBA

Electronic

Urban

Semi-public

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Gambia

Medical Research Council, Fajara

Medical records

Urban

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Ghana

Korle Bu Hospital, Accra (KBTH)

Medical records

Urban

Public

No

No

Yes

No

Senegal

Hôpital d'Enfants Albert-Royer, Dakar

Medical records

Urban

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mali

Hôpital Gabriel Touré, Bamako

Electronic

Urban

Public

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

  1. * Free access to laboratory exams (CD4 count testing, total blood count, liver function testing)
  2. **Tracing methods: used cell phone call or do home visit by social workers team when the patient missed one scheduled visit