Khezri, Mehrdad
Shokoohi, Mostafa
Mirzazadeh, Ali
Tavakoli, Fatemeh
Ghalekhani, Nima
Mousavian, Ghazal
Mehmandoost, Soheil
Kazerooni, Parvin Afsar
Haghdoost, Ali Akbar
Karamouzian, Mohammad
Sharifi, Hamid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-7618
Article History
Accepted: 9 February 2022
First Online: 23 February 2022
Declarations
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: PAK was the head of HIV/STI office at Iran's MoHME during the last round of the bio-behavioural surveillance survey. Other authors confirm they have no potential conflicts of interest to declare.
: Ethical issues included the guarantee of the participants’ confidentiality using anonymous questionnaires tools and obtaining verbal informed consent for both biological and behavioral data collection procedures. Participants’ refusal to take part in the study did not affect their access to healthcare services in any manner. The survey protocols were reviewed and approved by the Kerman University of Medical Sciences ethics committee (Ethics Codes: IR.KMU.REC.597, IR.KMU.REC.93.205, and IR.KMU.REC.1397.573; IR.NIMAD.REC.1398.029).