Emergent concepts
Concepts and subcategories | Participants | |||||||||||
Ama | Aku | Eko | Oye | Ben | Afi | Bob | Yaa | Aba | Esi | Pra | Abi | |
A. Accessibility | ||||||||||||
ART clinic never closed | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Fear affected patronage of services | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
Honouring appointment
| x | x | x | x | x | x | x x | x x | ||||
B. Availability | ||||||||||||
ARV availability | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
C. Affordability | ||||||||||||
Acquiring personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medication | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
Increased cost of transportation | x | x | x | |||||||||
D. Accommodation | ||||||||||||
Implementation of COVID-19 protocols in the HIV clinic | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
Increased education on COVID-19 protocols | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
Adherence to safety protocols | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
The downsides
| x x | x x | x x | x | x | x | ||||||
E. Acceptability | ||||||||||||
Access to the healthcare professionals | x | x | x | x | x | x* | x | x |
*.’x’ indicates that the participants alluded to those concepts in their interviews and transcripts.
ART, antiretroviral therapy; ARV, antiretroviral.