Effect of Programme Capacity

<p>Outcome measures ten years after introduction of ART compared with no treatment, for various levels of coverage (ART programme capacities of 5,000 to 60,000) and for treating AIDS patients only or AIDS and pre-AIDS patients. Results are for the epidemic calibrated to Malawi prevalence data. Best- and worst-case scenarios refer to optimistic or pessimistic outcomes of ART use, respectively (see <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030124#pmed-0030124-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>). Shown are coverage level, defined as proportion of individuals in need (AIDS and pre-AIDS patients) receiving ART (A); cumulative number of life-years gained over ten years, per person-year of treatment (B); HIV infections averted per person year of treatment over ten years (C); and current number of ART-resistant infections ten years after ART introduction (D). Results are the median values of the LHS sensitivity analysis; error bars represent the interquartile range.