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Table 1.

Adherence club procedures

	ART medical adherence club (MAC)	Integrated HIV/NCD Club (IC)
Club formation	Approximately 25 patients are recruited into a club simultaneously and initiated into the club process together
Club admission criteria	HIV-positive at least 6 months on ART with suppressed viral load (VL)	HIV-positive with DM and/or HTN, at least 6 months on ART with suppressed VL. Blood pressure (BP) < 140/90 mmHg and HbA1c < 9%
Number of Club visits per year	Total = 5 3 medication collections 1 medication collection and clinical examination 1 medication collection and phlebotomy
Bloods tests conducted at phlebotomy visit	Viral Load and safety bloods (Liver function, renal function and full blood count depending on ART regimen)^a	Viral Load and safety bloods (Liver function, renal function and full blood count depending on ART regimen) HbA1c^b Creatinine^b
Procedures at each clinical visit	Weight, BP, screening for tuberculosis symptoms and ART side effects, HIV health education and adherence counselling at each visit by lay-counsellor^c
Staff providing care	Lay-counsellor for medication collections Professional Nurse practitioner for clinical examination and phlebotomy Medical officer to review complicated patients

HbA1c glycosylated heamoglobin

^aBased on provincial ART guidelines [26]

^bBased on Primary Care “PACK” guidelines [27]

^cNo specific NCD counselling for multimorbid patients provided