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Background: Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium installed point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for the early detection of advanced HIV disease (AHD), and in its presence, TB and cryptococcosis, in six health centres (Kasai, St Ambroise, St Joseph, Libondi, Lisanga and Kimia) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Objective: To document their contribution to the diagnosis of these conditions.

Method: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of HIV-positive adolescents and adults admitted with suspected AHD.

Retention and sustained viral suppression in HIV patients transferred to community refill centres in Kinshasa, DRC.

Setting: In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières set up decentralised community antiretroviral therapy (ART) refill centres ("", PODI) for the follow-up of stable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients.

Objective: To assess retention in care and sustained viral suppression after transfer to three main PODI in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (PODI Barumbu/Central, PODI Binza Ozone/West and PODI Masina I/East).

Design: Retrospective cohort study using routine programme data for adult HIV patients transferred from Kabinda Hospital to PODIs between January 2015 and June 2017.