Table 1.

CommLink enrollment, ART initiation, and ART retention outcomes, Manzini Region, Eswatini, March 2016–March 2018 ^a.

Outcomes	Number of Clients (%)
Estimated number of clients who tested HIV-positive	1089
Estimated number of clients eligible for CommLink b	875
CommLink participants	822
CommLink participants in retrospective study c	773
ART initiation after diagnosis d
Within 7 days	478 (62%)
Within 30 days	619 (80%)
Within 90 days	683 (88%)
Ever	747 (97%)
ART initiated and retained after diagnosis d
At 6 months	620 (80%)
At 12 months	611 (79%)
At 18 months	590 (76%)

^a HIV-positive clients identified in 2 urban and 13 rural Tinkhundla of Manzini region; 243 clients participated in CommLink from 1 March 2016 to 30 September 2016 (CD4 eligibility criteria of ≤500/μL); and 530 clients participated in CommLink from 1 October 2016 to 31 March 2018 (during test and treat). ^b Clients who received HIV care in the past 90 days or wished to be referred to distant health care facilities in other regions of Eswatini or other countries were not eligible for CommLink case-management services. ^c Restricted to clients aged >15 years referred to healthcare facilities in Manzini or in regional border zones. ^d Estimated using GEE.