Trained data collectors visited enrolled facilities and recorded medicine availability and prices using a standardized form.
In Year 2, non-hospital health facilities are enrolled in the MC scale-up; newly enrolled facilities perform two circumcisions per day and hospitals increase to a maximum of five circumcisions per day.
In Year 2, non-hospital health facilities are enrolled in the MC scale-up; newly enrolled facilities perform one circumcision per day and hospitals increase to a maximum of three circumcisions per day.
According to the statistics provided by the District Health Office (not validated), out of 93% births in institutions, 81% occurred in the private sector out of which 45% occurred in CY enrolled facilities which were private facilities approved under the CY scheme (Table 3).
In our settings this is not an accurate measure of exposure of the population to antibiotics because we have not included all the facilities of our catchment area and complete data (covering all patient attendees) could not be collected from any enrolled facility.
This finding could be partially explained by the increased attractiveness and higher enrollment rates found in reference centers, but might also be related to the positive impact in itself of the growing clinical experience that high-enrolling facilities gain in dealing with CML patients.
The CDU has and continues to apply a phased approach to enrolling healthcare facilities.
A good liaison was maintained with all the participants and their professional associations, who helped in enrolling the facilities throughout the study period.
A coordinating center in each state enrolled medical facilities, oncologists, and neurosurgeons, and checked back with all of them periodically for any newly diagnosed cases.
The mean number of patients enrolled per facility at regional hospitals was 2482 compared to 410 at PHC sites.
