Five-year experience with scaling-up access to antiretroviral treatment in an HIV care programme in Cambodia.

Objectives: To evaluate a 5-year HIV care programme (2003-2007) in the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Methods: Analysis of routine programme indicators per year: number of new patients, active patients, antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage in the cohort, mortality and loss to follow-up. Comparison of mortality before and after the start of ART using Kaplan-Meier survival curves.