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Context

Builds on social and cultural values and habits	Q1 – The social affinity between people in our culture demonstrates the social connection that we have, which is very compatible with the principles the model is based on. – IDI with MSF implementer
Patients’ low basic knowledge and education level and poverty conditions	Q2 – … we can even say that several members are illiterate; so they have to be taught. In a simple way, but they have to be taught, taught and remembered constantly … – IDI with district health authority Q3 – Some patients sold chickens to at least obtain money to pay transport to collect drugs, sold goats … – Member during FGD with CAG members from rural areas
Weak health system and poor healthcare coverage	Q4 – We know that the district is very large … for example, here in the district X we only have three health facilities which provide ART care, they do not cover the entire population of the district. Ideally, every health facility should have health staff trained and capacitated to respond to the demands. The people are located in small concentration at very large distances, without possibility to access treatment, because of these large distances and the lack of transport means to the health facilities … – IDI with District health authority Q5 – The CAG model is an initiative which involves going to the community, but it only exists where the health facilities already cover the needs […] the areas supported by the CAG model are already covered by the national health services, do you understand? We already cover these areas. […], but there is 40% of the population we are currently not able to cover. – IDI with National health authority