Introduction
DM, NCD, type-2 diabetes, HT, hypertension
CHRONIC DISEASE, DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, DISEASES
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were predicted to account for over 70% of all disease burden in developing countries in 2020 as compared to just under 50% in 1990 [In Uganda, the prevalence of one or more modifiable NCD risk factors is over 94% indicating that NCDs may be largely preventable [In 2016, we concluded a large cluster randomised trial to improve NCD care for hypertension (HT) and type-2 diabetes (DM) at primary care facilities in Uganda and Tanzania (the UK-MRC funded East African Chronic Disease Programme, EACDRP) [A comprehensive definition of sustainability of a health services intervention includes three components: (i) continued benefits to those who received the services when the interventions started and to new participants after the supporting funds were discontinued, (ii) continued implementation of intervention activities through a responsible organisation following discontinuation of financial support and (iii) community empowerment to improve their health by continuing intervention activities after its end [The EACDRP created an excellent platform to assess medium-to-long term sustainability (which we defined as a period of 2 to 5 years after the end of research funding support) of a successful health system NCD intervention on the management of HT and DM within primary care settings in Uganda, the 