Table 2.

Summary of the NSP 2017–2022 and concurrent themes from interviews responses

The goals of NSP 2017–2022	Focus areas of intervention	Scale of focus	Concurrent themes from interview responses
#1: Accelerate prevention in order to reduce new HIV and TB infections and new STIs. –Breaking the cycle of transmission	Biomedical preventive methods; sex education and environmental intervention for TB infection control	Micro, Meso, Macro	The HIV epidemic
#2: Reduce morbidity and mortality by providing treatment, care and adherence support for all. –Reaching 90–90-90 in every district	Treatment	Meso, Macro	Treatment related factors
#3: Reach all key and vulnerable populations with customised and targeted interventions. – Nobody left behind	Barriers of access to HIV, TB and STI treatment & prevention programmes by vulnerable populations	Macro	The mines and migrant labor system
#4: Address the social and structural drivers of HIV, TB and STIs, and link these efforts to the NDP-multi-department, multisector approach	Social and Structural drivers of HIV, TB and STIs	Meso, Macro	Colonization, political and economic system; infrastructural challenges
#5: Ground the response to HIV, TB and STIs in human rights principles and approaches. –Equal treatment and social justice	Human rights and stigma reduction	Meso, Macro	Socio-cultural factors
#6: Promote leadership at all levels and shared accountability for a sustainable response to HIV, TB and STIs. – Mutual accountability	Diverse leadership	Macro	NA
#7: Mobilise resources and maximise efficiencies to support the achievement of NSP goals and ensure a sustainable response. – Spend now to save later	Increased funding	Macro	Health system challenges
#8: Strengthen strategic information to drive progress towards achievement of NSP goals – Data-driven action	Monitoring and evaluation	Micro, Meso, Macro	NA