Hakim, Avi J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-6241
Coy, Kelsey
Amos, Angelyne
Willie, Barne
Badman, Steven G.
Narokobi, Rebecca
Gabuzzi, Josephine
Pekon, Simon
Kupul, Martha
Hou, Parker
Aeno, Herick
Boli, Ruthy Neo
Nembari, Joshua
Ase, Sophie
Weikum, Damian
Dala, Nick
Callens, Steven
Kaldor, John M.
Vallely, Andrew J.
Kelly-Hanku, Angela
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Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (1 U2G GH001531-01, NU2GGH002093-01-00)
Article History
First Online: 6 August 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This survey was approved by the PNG National Department of Health’s Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC), the Research Advisory Committee of the National AIDS Council Secretariat (RAC), the PNG Institute of Medical Research’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), and the Human Research Ethics Committee at UNSW Sydney, Australia. The protocol was reviewed according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) human research protection procedures and was determined to be research but CDC was not engaged. A letter of support was provided by Kapul Champion, the peer led civil society for sexually diverse men and transgender people. Verbal informed consent was provided for all aspects of the study save for HIV testing, for which written informed consent was obtained per PNG national policy.