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STRENGTHENING HIV/AIDS, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTDIVE HEALTH AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTEGRATION FOR EQUITY IN AFRICA THROUGH DIGITAL INNOVATION |
Strengthening HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Non-communicable Diseases Integration for Equity In Africa through Digital Innovation (SHINE). |
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STRENGTHENING HIV, SRH, AND NCD INTEGRATION FOR EQUITY IN AFRICA THROUGH DIGITAL INNOVATION (SHINE): A PARALLEL CLUSTERED RANDOMIZED TRIAL IN AFRICA |
Strengthening HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Non-communicable Diseases Integration for Equity In Africa through Digital Innovation (SHINE): A Cluster Randomized Trial in SSA |
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The age range is above 13 years since hypertension and CVD are common in adults. |
Adult: 19 Year-44 Year, Middle Aged: 45 Year(s)-64 Year(s), Aged: 65+ Year(s), 80 and over: 80+ Year |
Adolescent: 13 Year-18 Year, Adult: 19 Year-44 Year, Middle Aged: 45 Year(s)-64 Year(s), Aged: 65+ Year(s), 80 and over: 80+ Year |
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Experimental Group, SHINE,
Study Design and Interventions
The SHINE trial will randomize 96 Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs) across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Ghana into three arms. In the Control Arm, PHCUs will continue implementing standard national protocols for SRH, HIV/TB, and NCD services without modifications, with routine monitoring and baseline surveys providing comparison data.
The Integrated Care Arm will implement a comprehensive SRH-HIV/TB-CVD/diabetes care model. This includes training health workers in integrated service delivery, establishing task-shifting protocols for chronic disease management, strengthening governance structures for multi-condition care, and implementing standardized monitoring of SRH, HIV, and CVD/diabetes indicators. The Enhanced Digital Arm will deliver the full integrated care model plus advanced digital health components. This includes AI-supported clinical decision tools for risk stratification and treatment optimization, interactive dashboards for real-time performance monitoring, and full interoperability with national health information systems to ensure continuity of care. Digital tools will also facilitate community-to-clinic linkages through mobile health reporting by community health workers.
All arms will be evaluated using standardized metrics for clinical outcomes (e.g., disease detection rates, treatment adherence) and implementation success (reach, adoption, sustainability). The three-arm design allows direct comparison of conventional care versus integrated care with and without digital augmentation in real-world African primary care settings. , The study employs a cluster-randomized trial (cRT) design, with PHCUs serving as the unit of randomization. PHCUs will be randomly allocated to either the intervention or control arm, with allocation stratified according to urban/rural location and community type (pastoralist or agrarian) to ensure balance across study arms. The design integrates the RE-AIM framework to guide evaluation and contextual understanding of integrated care delivery. Specifically:
• Reach: Assesses the proportion and characteristics of patients attending PHCUs who are eligible and participate in integrated care services, ensuring that diverse populations, including marginalized or rural groups, are represented.
• Effectiveness: Measures patient-level health outcomes, including reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems. This dimension evaluates whether integrated care achieves meaningful improvements in health across different settings.
• Adoption: Examines the proportion of PHCUs implementing integrated care and the extent to which staff and facilities adopt recommended practices for digital health–supported NCD, HIV/TB, and SRH integration.
• Implementation: Evaluates fidelity to integrated care protocols, quality of service delivery, and adherence to clinical guidelines within PHCUs, considering variations across urban, rural, pastoralist, and agrarian contexts.
• Maintenance: Assesses the sustainability of integrated care practices at both the facility and patient levels over time, including continued delivery of services and retention of patients in care.
The use of RE-AIM ensures that evaluation captures both the effectiveness of integrated care and its potential for scale-up and sustainability in real-world settings.
Study Arms
PHCUs will be allocated into two arms: Intervention Arm includes PHCUs implementing the integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services, with digital health support (WP 2 and WP3). The Control Arm consists of PHCUs continuing standard care without the integrated model or digital health support as stated in the following section.
, four and half years, 96, |
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The sample size will be 9600 individuals |
Experimental Group, SHINE,
Study Design and Interventions
The SHINE trial will randomize 96 Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs) across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Ghana into three arms. In the Control Arm, PHCUs will continue implementing standard national protocols for SRH, HIV/TB, and NCD services without modifications, with routine monitoring and baseline surveys providing comparison data.
The Integrated Care Arm will implement a comprehensive SRH-HIV/TB-CVD/diabetes care model. This includes training health workers in integrated service delivery, establishing task-shifting protocols for chronic disease management, strengthening governance structures for multi-condition care, and implementing standardized monitoring of SRH, HIV, and CVD/diabetes indicators. The Enhanced Digital Arm will deliver the full integrated care model plus advanced digital health components. This includes AI-supported clinical decision tools for risk stratification and treatment optimization, interactive dashboards for real-time performance monitoring, and full interoperability with national health information systems to ensure continuity of care. Digital tools will also facilitate community-to-clinic linkages through mobile health reporting by community health workers.
All arms will be evaluated using standardized metrics for clinical outcomes (e.g., disease detection rates, treatment adherence) and implementation success (reach, adoption, sustainability). The three-arm design allows direct comparison of conventional care versus integrated care with and without digital augmentation in real-world African primary care settings. , The study employs a cluster-randomized trial (cRT) design, with PHCUs serving as the unit of randomization. PHCUs will be randomly allocated to either the intervention or control arm, with allocation stratified according to urban/rural location and community type (pastoralist or agrarian) to ensure balance across study arms. The design integrates the RE-AIM framework to guide evaluation and contextual understanding of integrated care delivery. Specifically:
• Reach: Assesses the proportion and characteristics of patients attending PHCUs who are eligible and participate in integrated care services, ensuring that diverse populations, including marginalized or rural groups, are represented.
• Effectiveness: Measures patient-level health outcomes, including reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems. This dimension evaluates whether integrated care achieves meaningful improvements in health across different settings.
• Adoption: Examines the proportion of PHCUs implementing integrated care and the extent to which staff and facilities adopt recommended practices for digital health–supported NCD, HIV/TB, and SRH integration.
• Implementation: Evaluates fidelity to integrated care protocols, quality of service delivery, and adherence to clinical guidelines within PHCUs, considering variations across urban, rural, pastoralist, and agrarian contexts.
• Maintenance: Assesses the sustainability of integrated care practices at both the facility and patient levels over time, including continued delivery of services and retention of patients in care.
The use of RE-AIM ensures that evaluation captures both the effectiveness of integrated care and its potential for scale-up and sustainability in real-world settings.
Study Arms
PHCUs will be allocated into two arms: Intervention Arm includes PHCUs implementing the integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services, with digital health support (WP 2 and WP3). The Control Arm consists of PHCUs continuing standard care without the integrated model or digital health support as stated in the following section.
, four and half years, 96, |
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The sample size will be in the intervention group will be 4800. Similar number of individuals will be included in the control group |
Experimental Group, SHINE,
Study Design and Interventions
The SHINE trial will randomize 96 Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs) across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Ghana into three arms. In the Control Arm, PHCUs will continue implementing standard national protocols for SRH, HIV/TB, and NCD services without modifications, with routine monitoring and baseline surveys providing comparison data.
The Integrated Care Arm will implement a comprehensive SRH-HIV/TB-CVD/diabetes care model. This includes training health workers in integrated service delivery, establishing task-shifting protocols for chronic disease management, strengthening governance structures for multi-condition care, and implementing standardized monitoring of SRH, HIV, and CVD/diabetes indicators. The Enhanced Digital Arm will deliver the full integrated care model plus advanced digital health components. This includes AI-supported clinical decision tools for risk stratification and treatment optimization, interactive dashboards for real-time performance monitoring, and full interoperability with national health information systems to ensure continuity of care. Digital tools will also facilitate community-to-clinic linkages through mobile health reporting by community health workers.
All arms will be evaluated using standardized metrics for clinical outcomes (e.g., disease detection rates, treatment adherence) and implementation success (reach, adoption, sustainability). The three-arm design allows direct comparison of conventional care versus integrated care with and without digital augmentation in real-world African primary care settings. , The study employs a cluster-randomized trial (cRT) design, with PHCUs serving as the unit of randomization. PHCUs will be randomly allocated to either the intervention or control arm, with allocation stratified according to urban/rural location and community type (pastoralist or agrarian) to ensure balance across study arms. The design integrates the RE-AIM framework to guide evaluation and contextual understanding of integrated care delivery. Specifically:
• Reach: Assesses the proportion and characteristics of patients attending PHCUs who are eligible and participate in integrated care services, ensuring that diverse populations, including marginalized or rural groups, are represented.
• Effectiveness: Measures patient-level health outcomes, including reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems. This dimension evaluates whether integrated care achieves meaningful improvements in health across different settings.
• Adoption: Examines the proportion of PHCUs implementing integrated care and the extent to which staff and facilities adopt recommended practices for digital health–supported NCD, HIV/TB, and SRH integration.
• Implementation: Evaluates fidelity to integrated care protocols, quality of service delivery, and adherence to clinical guidelines within PHCUs, considering variations across urban, rural, pastoralist, and agrarian contexts.
• Maintenance: Assesses the sustainability of integrated care practices at both the facility and patient levels over time, including continued delivery of services and retention of patients in care.
The use of RE-AIM ensures that evaluation captures both the effectiveness of integrated care and its potential for scale-up and sustainability in real-world settings.
Study Arms
PHCUs will be allocated into two arms: Intervention Arm includes PHCUs implementing the integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services, with digital health support (WP 2 and WP3). The Control Arm consists of PHCUs continuing standard care without the integrated model or digital health support as stated in the following section.
, four and half years, 9600, |
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20/08/2025 |
The trial arms are now two with a total of 96 primary healthcare units, 48 in each arm |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 30, Historical |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 48, Historical |
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25/08/2025 |
The trial arms are now two with a total of 96 primary healthcare units, 48 in each arm. The total study participants will be 9600 |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 48, Historical |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 9600, Historical |
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28/08/2025 |
The trial arms are now two with a total of 96 primary healthcare units, 48 in each arm. The total study participants will be 9600 |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 9600, Historical |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 4800, Historical |
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05/09/2025 |
The trial arms are now two with a total of 96 primary healthcare units, 48 in each arm. The total study participants will be 9600 |
Control Group, SHINE, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 4800, Historical |
Control Group, Comparison group, Follow up for 4 and half years, Four and Half years, Activities in the Control Districts
PHCUs in the control arm will continue implementing existing national HIV/AIDS, SRH and NCD protocols without additional interventions. However, baseline surveys and monitoring of key indicators will be conducted in parallel with intervention districts, allowing for comparison of health outcomes and process measures. These districts provide a benchmark to evaluate the added value of integrated care and digital innovations, without altering routine service delivery or existing workflows.
, 4800, Historical |
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20/08/2025 |
Now we have included facility and individual level outcomes. |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Reduce the burden and complications of cardiovascular disease and diabetes by at least 25% among the interventions Districts
, Every quarter for four and half years |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems.
, Every quarter for four and half years |
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Now we have included facility and individual level outcomes. |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems.
, Every quarter for four and half years |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems.
, 12, 24, 36 and 54 months |
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29/08/2025 |
Now we have included facility and individual level outcomes. |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Reduction in co-morbidities related to NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH problems.
, 12, 24, 36 and 54 months |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Proportion of HIV, TB and SRH clients diagnosed and treated for NCD
, 12, 24, 36 and 54 months |
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05/09/2025 |
The main outcome variables will be assessed at 6, 30 and 60 months of the intervention |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Proportion of HIV, TB and SRH clients diagnosed and treated for NCD
, 12, 24, 36 and 54 months |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Proportion of HIV, TB and SRH clients diagnosed and treated for NCD
, 6, 30 and 60 months |
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11/09/2025 |
PACTR Admin |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Proportion of HIV, TB and SRH clients diagnosed and treated for NCD
, 6, 30 and 60 months |
Primary Outcome, Primary Outcome:
• Facility-level outcome: Proportion of PHCUs implementing a digital health–supported integrated care model for NCDs, HIV/TB, and SRH services.
• Patient-level outcome: Proportion of HIV, TB and SRH clients diagnosed and treated for NCD
, 6, 30 and 60 months of the intervention |
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20/08/2025 |
Time of the assessment of the outcome is corrected as per the comment. |
Secondary Outcome,
• Successfully implement integrated HIV/TB/SRH/NCD care in 90% of participating health centers
• Demonstrate ≥20% improvement in early detection of diabetes and hypertension
, Quarterly |
Secondary Outcome,
• Successfully implement integrated HIV/TB/SRH/NCD care in 90% of participating health centers
• Demonstrate ≥20% improvement in early detection of diabetes and hypertension
, 12, 24, 36 and 54 months. |
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05/09/2025 |
The main outcome variables will be assessed at 6, 30 and 60 months. |
Secondary Outcome,
• Successfully implement integrated HIV/TB/SRH/NCD care in 90% of participating health centers
• Demonstrate ≥20% improvement in early detection of diabetes and hypertension
, 12, 24, 36 and 54 months. |
Secondary Outcome,
• Successfully implement integrated HIV/TB/SRH/NCD care in 90% of participating health centers
• Demonstrate ≥20% improvement in early detection of diabetes and hypertension
, 6, 30 and 60 months |
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20/08/2025 |
We need to add each country in a separate lines |
Three countries , Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Nairobi Accra, , Ethiopia |
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Nairobi Accra, , Ethiopia |
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20/08/2025 |
We need to add each country in a separate lines |
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Nairobi, Two sub-cities , Nairobi, , Kenya |
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Ghana, three sub-cities , Accra, , Ghana |
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Ethics List |
20/08/2025 |
Ethical approval will be sought in Sept |
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FALSE, KEMRI, Off Mbagathi Road, Nairobi, 54840-00, Kenya, 30 Sep 2025, , +254202722541, info@kemri.org, 36027_33211_4737.pdf |
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Ethical approval will be sought in Sept |
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FALSE, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Agostino Neto Road, Accra, M.32, Ghana, 30 Sep 2025, , +233302777951, info@csir.org.gh, 36027_33212_4737.pdf |