Dr. Ponego Ponatshego is the Study Physician/Coordinator for IMPAACT studies in the Botswana Harvard Health Partnership's Clinical Trials Unit (CTU). He is the lead doctor for the InterCARE trial (Integrating Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Care into Existing HIV Services Package in Botswana). Dr Ponatshego holds a medical degree from Rostov State University, Russia; Diploma in HIV Management from Colleges of Medicine of South Africa; a Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from University of South Africa. He is also an AIDS Clinical Trials (ACTG) Fellow currently conducting clinical research termed Albuminuria and Frailty association in HIV Infection.