District | Population* | Annual screenings relative to adult population† (%) | Annual new enrolments relative to expected patients with HIV‡ (%) | 1-Year survival for ART patients§ (%) | 1-Year retention for ART patients§ (%) |
Balaka | 383 887 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 78.2 | 82.1 |
Blantyre | 1 239 648 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 79.0 | 84.2 |
Chikwawa | 518 287 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 80.3 | 85.3 |
Chiradzulu | 314 059 | 10.6 | 17.8 | 81.9 | 85.4 |
Chitipa | 211 170 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 79.8 | 86.2 |
Dedza | 718 747 | 13.1 | 5.7 | 73.7 | 78.7 |
Dowa | 732 342 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 82.2 | 85.7 |
Karonga | 327 084 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 78.0 | 82.6 |
Kasungu | 794 991 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 80.4% | 84.1 |
Likoma | 10 440 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 65.9 | 76.9 |
Lilongwe | 2 400 234 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 78.7 | 82.3 |
Machinga | 589 710 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 75.9 | 80.1 |
Mangochi | 982 058 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 77.5 | 81.8 |
Mchinji | 569 086 | 12.4 | 6.2 | 79.7 | 84.1 |
Mulanje | 564 975 | 14.0 | 20.0 | 83.2 | 87.8 |
Mwanza | 102 571 | 17.8 | 11.9 | 78.6 | 86.1 |
Mzimba North | 539 148 | 13.4 | 11.2 | 81.5 | 84.8 |
Mzimba South | 539 148 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 78.1 | 82.4 |
Neno | 143 824 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 90.1 | 96.2 |
Nkhata Bay | 260 583 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 77.3 | 81.4 |
Nkhotakota | 367 776 | 12.2 | 8.0 | 78.6 | 82.8 |
Nsanje | 274 797 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 73.2 | 76.1 |
Ntcheu | 557 433 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 79.7 | 84.5 |
Ntchisi | 276 481 | 11.4 | 3.3 | 79.8 | 84.5 |
Phalombe | 364 281 | 15.6 | 18.3 | 84.0 | 86.8 |
Rumphi | 203 054 | 18.7 | 9.9 | 80.6 | 85.1 |
Salima | 407 148 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 77.4 | 80.1 |
Thyolo | 633 019 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 83.8 | 88.0 |
Zomba | 779 259 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 82.4 | 87.7 |
Total | 15 805 240 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 79.3 | 83.9 |
*Population is based on district-level population in 2014, the midpoint of the study, as reported by the Malawi National Statistics Office.47
†Annual screenings represent the average annual number of the total HIV tests performed at facilities over the 2013–2015 study period in clients over age 15 years, expressed as a per cent of the district population over the age of 15.
‡Annual enrolment is the average annual newly enrolled in ART between 2013 and 2015, expressed as a per cent of those estimated to be HIV-positive within a district.
§One-year survival and retention indicates the average annual facility-level 1-year survival and retention rates for patients on ART within each district between 2013 and 2015.