Shayegi-Nik, Sara
Wang, Lu
Li, Jenny
Budu, Michael
Kooij, Katherine
Honer, William G.
Hogg, Robert S.
Montaner, Julio S. G.
Lima, Viviane D. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-091X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT-148595, 143342)
Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR Innovation Grant – 30-101)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, through an Operating Grant (130419)
Article History
Accepted: 1 March 2024
First Online: 21 March 2024
Declarations
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: This study has received approval from the University of British Columbia/Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board (H09-02905, H16-02036, and H20-03165). The study complies with the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and did not require informed consent as it is conducted retrospectively for research and statistical purposes only using anonymized administrative data. All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5).
: COAST is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, through an Operating Grant (#130419), a Foundation Award to RSH (#143342) and support from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. JSGM’s Treatment as Prevention (TasP) research, paid to his institution, has received support from the BC Ministry of Health, Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health and VGH Foundation. VDL is funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT-148595), and the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR Innovation Grant – 30–101). SSN, LW, MB, KK and RSH declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Access to data provided by the Data Steward(s) is subject to approval but can be requested for research projects through the Data Steward(s) or their designated service providers. All inferences, opinions, and conclusions drawn in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or policies of the Data Steward(s).