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Table 1 AMBIT SENTINEL study sites

From: The SENTINEL study of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia: research protocol for a prospective cohort study

Facility

Setting

Number active ART patients at time of site selection

DSD models for ART patients reported by site during assessment visit

MALAWI

Blantyre District (Southern Province)

 M Facility 1

Urban

2,925

6MMD, teen club, welcome back model, high viral load clinic

 M Facility 2

Urban

8,400

6MMD, teen club, intensified care ART clinic

 M Facility 3

Urban

6,178

6MMD, teen club, MIP

 M Facility 4*

Rural

6,592

6MMD

Chiradzulu District (Southern Province)

 M Facility 5

Rural

5,288

6MMD, teen club, MIP

 M Facility 6

Rural

2,633

6MMD, teen club

 M Facility 7*

Rural

6,520

6MMD, teen club

 M Facility 8

Rural

3,944

6MMD, teen club

Lilongwe District (Central Province)

 M Facility 9

Rural

1,025

6MMD, CAG, community outreach

 M Facility 10*

Rural

2,728

6MMD, teen club, MIP, high viral load clinic

 M Facility 11*

Urban

24,247

6MMD, nurse outreach community ART, FT, teen club, late shift

 M Facility 12

Urban

4,200

6MMD, community outreach

SOUTH AFRICA

West Rand District (Gauteng Province)

 SA Facility 1

Urban

1,783

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 2

Rural

1,803

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 3

Urban

1,897

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 4

Urban

2,116

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 5

Rural

2,301

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 6*

Urban

2,959

Ex-pup, fac-pup

Ekurhuleni District (Gauteng Province)**

 SA Facility 7

Urban

1,482

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 8

Urban

2,386

Ex-pup

 SA Facility 9

Urban

2,658

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 10

Urban

3,502

Ex-pup

 SA Facility 11

Urban

4,560

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 12

Urban

7,213

Ex-pup, fac-pup

Ehlanzeni District (Mpumalanga Province)

 SA Facility 13

Urban

6,622

Ex pup, fac-pup, Pele Box

 SA Facility 14

Rural

3,553

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 15

Rural

1,943

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 16

Rural

3,001

Ex-pup, fac-pup

 SA Facility 17*

Urban

5,234

Ex-pup, fac-pup, Pele Box

 SA Facility 18*

Urban

5,515

Ex-pup, fac-pup

King Cetshwayo District (KZN Province)

 SA Facility 19

Rural

1,182

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 20

Rural

1,509

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 21

Rural

2,231

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 22

Rural

3,361

Ex-pup, AC

 SA Facility 23

Rural

5,190

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC

 SA Facility 24

Urban

7,934

Ex- pup, fac-pup, AC, youth model

ZAMBIA

Chisamba District (Central Province)

 Z Facility 1

Rural

771

CAGs, FT, MMD

Kampiri Mposhi District (Central Province)

 Z Facility 2

Urban

6,752

CAGs, FT, 3-5MMD, 6MMD

Kabwe District (Central Province)

 Z Facility 3

Urban

2,696

CAGs, 3-5MMDS, 6MMD, scholar model

 Z Facility 4

Urban

3,625

CAGs, family-based CAGs, FT, 3MMD, 6MMD, scholar model

Mumbwa District (Central Province)

 Z Facility 5*

Rural

2,742

CAGs, FT, MMD

 Z Facility 6*

Rural

4,332

CAGs, 3-5MMD, 6MMD

Chilanga District (Lusaka Province)

 Z Facility 7

Urban

1,586

MMD, FT

Chongwe District (Lusaka Province)

 Z Facility 8

Rural

3542

Fast track, MMD, weekend model

Kafue District (Lusaka Province)

 Z Facility 9

Urban

3,545

Fast track, 3-5MMD, 6MMD, weekend model

Lusaka District (Lusaka Province)

 Z Facility 10*

Urban

9,572

Fast track, MMD, CAGs

 Z Facility 11*

Urban

11,400

Fast track, MMD

 Z Facility 12

Urban

5,519

Fast track, MMD, urban adherence group, scholar model

  1. MMD multi-month dispensing, MIP mother-infant pairs model, CAG community adherence group, FT fast track, ex-pup external pickup point, fac-pup facility pickup point, AC adherence club
  2. *Denotes that facility was a hospital in Malawi and Zambia or Community Health Clinic in South Africa, as opposed to a primary healthcare clinic
  3. **Ekurhuleni District in Gauteng Province was included only in SENTINEL Round 1 but excluded from Round 2 due to challenges with data access. It has been replaced by Alfred Nzo District in the Eastern Cape Province, with specific sentinel sites still being identified for inclusion in SENTINEL Round 3