LFU as a continuum gained foot hold- MIS tracking, daily due list tracking, and Pre-ART LFU tracking- in the ART centres. Increased awareness and knowledge on issues related to PLHA software, and the data management at the ART centre and finally discussions and number of people willing to talk about LFU has increased. LFU is one of the Agenda point in the monthly video conference with ART Centres by Project Director APSACS. It was decided to do a comparative assessment between BSY and Non-BSY districts to see there are any difference. In order to compare the performance on LFU tracking and identification of gaps, if any between BSY and Non-BSY district the following analysis was carried out. It should be informed that APSACS data is not that reliable. Comparison of LFU performance between BSY and Non-BSY districts Table: Comparison of ARTC in BSY and Non-BSY districts, across important LFU parameters Characteristic BSY Non BSY Number of ART centres (Sep 2011) 21 22 Number of new ART centres added during Sep 09-11 7 4 Cumulative number of “Ever on ART clients”, inclusive of Sept 2011 85,590 90,598 Number of new clients (Ever on ART ) increased during Sep 09- 11 43,176 39,792 Cumulative LFU clients (Sep 2011) 8511 10662 Number of LFU clients re-entered 414 101 Overall LFU % in Sep 2011 of all ART Centres 9.94 11.77 Overall increase in LFU% from Sep 2009 to Sep 2011 (of same set of 2.73 3.10 ART centres)(inclusive of Guntur) Number of centres where LFU is reduced 5 2 Number of centres where LFU is increased 8 13 Number of centres where LFU rate is in Single Digit(Less than 10%)(Sep19 12 11) Number of centres where LFU rate is in Double Digits (More than 2 10 10%)(Sep-11) Number of centres where LFU rate was in double digits and is reduced 2 0 to single digit during the period Source: APSACS CMIS reports
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All most double the number of ART centres have been added in BSY districts compared to the non-BSY districts between Sept 2009 and Sept 2011.