ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ALBERT
The authors thank all participants in the study and acknowledge the work and support of staff at the Prince Cyril Zulu Clinic, Mafakathini Clinic, eThekwini Municipality, CAPRISA and the National Health Laboratory Services at Addington, and Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospitals.Supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians (216421/Z/19/Z), the University of Oxford's Research England QR Global Challenges Research Fund (0007365), and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfiOx-119). For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.Cepheid provided point-of-care viral load assays at no cost for use at the study site. The authors have no other competing interests to declare.Data sharing statement: Bona fide researchers will be able to request access to anonymized trial data by contacting the corresponding author.J.D. and N.G. conceived the study. Y.S., R.L., P.K.D., G.H., and C.B. contributed to study design. J.D., N.G., Y.S., E.B., J.N., K.N., N.B., M.K., C.J.V.V., and N.S. contributed to study implementation. J.N., P.M., and N.S. oversaw laboratory testing. L.L. created the allocation sequence and provided statistical support. J.D. conducted statistical analysis. J.D. wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and edited the manuscript and consented to the final publication.