Addressing Gaps in the Hypertension and Diabetes Care Continuum in Rural Bangladesh Through Digital Technology Supported Decentralized Primary Care: Study Protocol and Baseline Results for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial

Wubin Xie   ¹ , DrPH ;   Sabrina Ahmed   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Ali Ahsan   ⁴ , MPH ;   Ananya Gupta   ¹ , MPH ;   Anais Masako Keenan   ⁵ , MPH ;   Tanmoy Sarker   ⁴ , MPH ;   Fahmida Akter   ^{4, 6} , MSc ;   Aysha Anan   ⁴ , MBBS ;   Md Mokbul Hossain   ⁴ , MSc ;   Zahidul Quayyum   ⁷ , PhD ;   AHM Enayet Hussain   ⁸ , MBBS ;   Robed Amin   ⁸ , MBBS ;   Imran Ahmed Chowdhury   ⁹ , MPH ;   Mithila Faruque   ¹⁰ , MPH ;   Sohel Reza Choudhury   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Ian Y Goon   ^{12, 13, 14} , PhD ;   Fred Hersch   ¹⁵ , MPH ;   Lora L Sabin   ¹⁶ , PhD ;   Brian Oldenburg   ^{12, 17} , PhD ;   John Chambers   ^{1, 18} , PhD ;   Malay Kanti Mridha   ⁴ , PhD

¹ Population and Global Health, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

² Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

³ NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

⁴ Centre for Non-communicable Diseases and Nutrition, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁵ Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

⁷ BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁸ Non-Communicable Disease Control, Directorate General of Health Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁹ BRAC Health Programme, BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh

¹⁰ Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh

¹¹ Department of Epidemiology and Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh

¹² Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

¹³ Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia

¹⁴ Sprightly Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore

¹⁵ Google Health, Palo Alto, CA, United States

¹⁶ Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

¹⁷ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

¹⁸ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom