Designing an implementation science clinical trial to integrate hypertension and cardiovascular diseases care into existing HIV services package in Botswana (InterCARE).

Integrating hypertension and cardiovascular disease care into existing HIV service platforms in Botswana required an implementation science trial design, but no formal protocol had been developed and published for this approach.

Target RWE's HIV team and collaborators designed and published the InterCARE implementation science clinical trial protocol to integrate hypertension and CVD care into HIV services in Botswana.

Publishing the InterCARE trial protocol establishes a rigorous framework for integrated HIV/NCD care delivery research in Botswana, providing a model for similar integration efforts in other high-HIV-burden African settings.

HIV/NCD integrated care trial protocol for implementation science research in Botswana, Hypertension and CVD care integration framework for HIV service platforms in sub-Saharan Africa