# Integration of Hypertension Management into HIV Care in Nigeria: A Task Strengthening Strategy

> **NIH NIH R01** · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $135,925

## Abstract

Abstract
The “Integration of Hypertension Management into HIV Care in Nigeria: A Task Strengthening Strategy” (TASSH
NIMR) parent study is an ongoing clinical effectiveness implementation trial that evaluates the effectiveness of
an implementation strategy to integrate a task-strengthening strategy for hypertension control (TASSH) in HIV
clinics in Lagos State (R01HL147811). In response to NOT-OD-21-020, we propose this administrative
supplement, “Establishing an Ethics Learning Collaborative for HIV-Hypertension Integration through a TAsk
Strengthening Strategy for Hypertension Control in Lagos State, Nigeria” (E-LinC TASSH). E-LinC TASSH will
leverage the TASSH NIMR Steering Committee to form an Ethics Learning Collaborative (ELC), which will
identify, analyze, and characterize ethical considerations for implementing a practice facilitation–guided task-
strengthening approach to couple hypertension and HIV treatment within primary health care centers throughout
Lagos State. Additionally, E-LinC TASSH will develop an ethics-informed strategy for scaling up, spreading, and
sustaining the TASSH NIMR intervention in HIV clinics throughout Lagos State. To better appreciate an
implementation research informed learning collaboratives to advance bioethical considerations in HIV-
hypertension integration, this supplement will also evaluate use of an ethics focused learning collaborative.
Expansion into this area of bioethics research will allow us to comprehensively understand and contextualize
ethical considerations of implementing this treatment and management model. This bioethics research will
enable us to develop strategies for managing and solving ethical challenges arising in our implementation
research and scale-up of the TASSH NIMR strategy. TASSH NIMR is currently in the pre-implementation or
planning phase and will begin recruitment in time for the proposed research to enhance the intervention's impact
and to inform the next steps for scaling up, spreading, and sustaining the intervention within the Lagos State
primary healthcare network. In addition to engaging in the proposed bioethics research, E-LinC TASSH will build
research ethics and bioethics capacity among ELC members through expert-facilitated discussions and activities
involved in developing the survey, engaging stakeholders, interpreting findings, and integrating this new
knowledge into practical strategies.
Per instructions in NOT-OD-21-020, this supplement is specific to bioethics research and capacity building.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10365181
- **Project number:** 3R01HL147811-02S2
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** OLIVER CHUKWUJEKWU EZECHI
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $135,925
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-02-15 → 2025-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10365181

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10365181, Integration of Hypertension Management into HIV Care in Nigeria: A Task Strengthening Strategy (3R01HL147811-02S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10365181. Licensed CC0.

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