CD4 and anemia (phenotype): They had a median age at ART initiation of 10.4 years, a median CD4 count of 224 cells/mm3 (46.9% with severe immunosuppression; i.e. CD4<200 cells/mm3; 68 with MD), a median haemoglobin of 10.0 g/dL (4.8% with severe anaemia; i.e. blood haemoglobin<6.9 g/dL; 93 MD) and 277 (48.1%) were stage 3 or 4/C at ART initiation (73 MD) (Table 1).