Of all patients starting cART (N = 5859, Figure 1), the proportion doing so at a CD4-cell count <200 cells/mm3 or an AIDS diagnosis decreased by 20% in SE (from 43% to 23%), 22% in WCE (from 44% to 22%), 32% in NE (from 49% to 17%),19% in ECE (from 52% to 31%) and 9% in AR (from 58% to 49%) from ≤ 2004 till ≥ 2007. Here, CD4 is linked to AIDS.