Introduction : Initiating an HIV positive client on ART is an important step in the care of PLHIV. Due to a shortage of CD4 machines and reagents, the WHO clinical staging guideline is widely used to determine when to initiate ART in developing countries. Objective : To determine whether WHO clinical staging is predictive of CD4 of 350 in initiation of ART in patients presenting at the Police Hospital ART clinic. Methods : We reviewed the records of clients on ART, from 2010 to 2012 and

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... the WHO clinical staging and CD4 counts at their first visit to the clinic. Pregnant women, hepatitis B infected patients and children below fifteen were excluded from the study.