Table 2.

Prioritisation of interventions for communities during second meeting (includes examples for discussion purposes)

Problem to be addressed	Intervention(s)	Ranking of this intervention by participants	Why is this important?	Why is this a priority versus other interventions?
Low quality of management of diabetes	Better access to diagnostic tools at PHC Healthcare worker training Training of nurses	2	Communities feel that diabetes is poorly managed	Priority due to high level of poor outcomes of people with diabetes
Lack of knowledge of NTDs	Media campaigns of NTDs Posters in community on selected NTD Use of community as educators on NTD	3	Communities feel that they do not have sufficient information on NTD to be able to address this health concern effectively	Priority as people are not able to address their own health concerns
Women feel overburdened with care of people with chronic diseases	Development of women’s groups Peer support networks Strengthening of PHC	1	Women are missing out on other opportunities due to burden of care	Priority as women feel that they are unable to address other roles and also be economically productive
Access to medicines for hypertension is poor	Training of pharmacists Coordination meetings with people responsible for supply systems	4	People diagnosed with hypertension are not able to access medicines and need to pay high prices for these in private sector	Priority as this impacts management of hypertension as well as being a financial burden on households

NCD, non-communicable diseases; NTD, neglected tropical diseases; PHC, primary healthcare.