Discussion
TB
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS
This Konga model study was Tanzania’s first cluster-randomized clinical control trial study that used the community as a foundation to address challenges in viral load suppression. The existing community of People Living with HIV (Konga) enhanced ART adherence for VLS in children.This study showed that community-based interventions (Konga) affect viral load suppression in children. The findings indicate that the Konga model improves medication adherence and subsequent viral load suppression in children receiving HIV treatment and care. The Konga personnel (who are also living with HIV) reduce stigma and provide psychosocial support to caregivers and their corresponding children living with HIV. Ibrahim & Sidani [Although our study identified only one case of TB, the Konga model can increase TB detection during HIV assessments. Opportunistic infections, including TB, have been shown to hamper VLS in children receiving ART [