Table 2.

Primary barriers/facilitators to ART access and adherence among OPLWH

Access	Adherence	Both
• Transportation (B) • Mobility (B) • Waiting times at clinic (B) • Health care workers’ disregard (B) • Appointment dates (F) • Free/low-cost of drugs (F)	• Reminder strategies (F) • Alcohol use (B) • Health literacy (B/F) • Travel (B) • Counseling (B/F) • ART as life saving (F)	• Poverty/Drought (Food/water security) (B) • Stigma (fear/shame) (B) • Disclosure & Kin/community support (B/F) • Depression (worry/loneliness) (B) • Medication Characteristics (B/F) • Health beliefs (F) • Symptoms (B) • Co-morbidities/NCDs (B) • Good care at health facility (F)

ART antiretroviral therapy, OPLWH Older people living with HIV, NCDs non-communicable diseases, B Barrier, F Facilitator