CASCADE STEP | DEFINITION |
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Alive and diagnosed | Cohort participants who were alive as of 31 December 2017 and received a positive diagnosis for HIV at any point on or before 31 December 2017. |
In care | Among those alive and diagnosed: Cohort participants who had at least 1 viral load test or CD4 count or physician visit for HIV* within the first 180 days of 2017 (or within 180 days of HIV diagnosis, if diagnosed in 2017). |
Retained in care | Among those in care: Cohort participants who had at least 2 occurrences of a viral load test and/or a physician visit for HIV, at least 90 days apart, in 2017. |
On treatment | Among those retained in care: Cohort participants who had at least 2 antiretroviral drug dispensations, at least 90 days apart, in 2017. |
Virologically suppressed | Among those on treatment: Cohort participants whose last viral load test result in 2017 was below 200 HIV RNA copies/mL. |