Table 2

Proportion of males and females accessing ART in Malawi

Projected populationi

HIV prevalenceii

Estimated Infected populationiii

Number ever accessed ARTiv

Proportion on treatment


Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female


6,275,533

6,482,350

10%

13%

627,553

648,235

33,617

51,551

5.2%

8.2%


iNational Statistical Office projected population based on the 1998 Malawi Population and Housing Census

iiMalawi Demographic and Health Survey 2004

iiiProportion calculated from projected population and the HIV prevalence

ivMoH report on patients accessing ART, MoH 2007

Makwiza et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2009 8:13   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-8-13

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