Strengths and Limitations
Strengths of our study include the high fidelity to the point-of-care VL intervention and the use of routine health care staff and settings, with the management following South African and WHO guidelines. Our study was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed study start and made it harder to consistently enroll participants. Although we were able to demonstrate the accuracy of nurse-led point-of-care testing in a substudy,