Table 1.

Summary of how training was delivered in each participating country

Comparative Criteria	Australia	South Africa	Guatemala Site 1	Guatemala Site 2	Morocco
Institution type	Remote primary care health service (funded by Northern Territory Government)	Primary care clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town (the second largest township in South Africa)	Regional hospital with STI clinic in the city of Escuintla	HIV and STI clinic, from the Ministry of Health, in the city of Guatemala	Centre de formation et de depistage anonyme et gratuit (CIDAG) (Anonymous and free screening centre) Association de Lutte contre le Sida (ALCS) Rabat (Moroccan non-government organisation fighting against HIV/AIDS)
Number of operators conducting patient testing	1	5	1	1	3
Operator profession	Regional Sexual Health Co-ordinator	Professional nurses	Lab technician	Lab technician	Physicians
Level of experience with GeneXpert prior to training	None	None	None	Experience from a prior study	None
Duration of training:	4 h	Over three days	4 h	4 h (3 theoretical, 1 practical)	2 days
Assessment of training	Written and practical	Written and practical	Written and practical	Written and practical	Written and practical
Who delivered training?	ICPOCT senior scientist	Local Cepheid technical expert	Local Cepheid representative for the GeneXpert (Labymed); delivered in-person	Local Cepheid representative for the GeneXpert (Labymed); delivered on-line	Local Cepheid representative for the GeneXpert POC Scientist (Principal investigator [PI] for study)
Health literacy of operators	No translation of resources required	No translation of resources required	Resources translated from English to Spanish	Resources translated from English to Spanish	Resources translated from English to French
Duration of testing during the project	17 months (June 2018 to Nov 2019)	17 months (Oct 2018 to March 2020)	2 months (Jan 2020 to Feb 2020)	6 months (Oct 2022 to Apr 2023)	24 months (Jan 2020 to Jan 2022)