Ferraz, Dulce http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0443-3183
Rossi, Thais Aranha
Zucchi, Eliana Miura
de Deus, Luiz Fabio Alves
Mabire, Xavier
Ferguson, Laura
Magno, Laio
Grangeiro, Alexandre
Préau, Marie
Botelho, Fernanda Cangussu
Rodrigues, Ayra
Steele, Sabrina
Dourado, Inês
Funding for this research was provided by:
ANRS| Maladies infectieuses émergentes (ANRS COV 31 COBra)
UNITAID (2017-15-FIOTECPrEP)
Article History
Received: 15 July 2021
Revised: 10 June 2022
Accepted: 13 June 2022
First Online: 26 July 2022
Declarations
:
: We declare to have no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (process number 3.988.973) and the Instituto de Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal da Bahia (process number 4.020.132).
: Interviewees agreed to participate voluntarily and informed consent was obtained and recorded over before starting the interviews. It is worth noting that participants are linked to a PrEP cohort study named PrEP1519, to which they also consented to participate. Also, that PrEP1519 has a special judicial authorization that allows for waiver of parental consent for individuals under 18 in São Paulo and for those deemed at risk of violence and neglect in Salvador.
: All participants were informed that the data collected would be published in scientific journals and events, under the condition of being anonymized to protect participants confidentiality.
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