Dantas, Anna Carolina Saúde
Oliveira, Hellen Braga Martins
Pereira, Taiana Tainá Silva
Lima, Amanda Ferreira
Santos, Leonardo Silva
Matos, Janaina Marinho Fernandes
Aranha, Thaís
Magno, Laio
Soares, Fabiane
Dourado, Inês
Torres, Thiago S.
Veloso, Valdiléa Gonçalves
da Costa Ferreira Junior, Orlando
de Moraes, Laise
Santos, Luciane Amorim
Souto de Medeiros, Danielle
Barreto, Fernanda Khouri
Freitas, Leandro Martins de
de Sá Guimarães, Ana Marcia
Campos, Guilherme Barreto
Marques, Lucas Miranda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Code 001)
Unitaid (2017–15-FIOTECPrEP)
Article History
Received: 1 June 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 29 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted following the principles of the National Health Council Resolutions 466/12 and 510/16 and international research ethics guidelines. The study was approved by the WHO Ethics Research Committee (ERC) (nº CERC.0128 A and nº CERC.0128B) and each city’s local ERC approved the study protocol (Salvador, ISC/UFBA: nº 53844121.4.1001.5030; and Rio de Janeiro, INI/Fiocruz: nº 53844121.4.3001.5240, ENSP/Fiocruz: nº 53844121.4.3001.5240, and SMS/RJ nº 53844121.4.3002.5279). Written informed consent was obtained from participants aged ≥ 18 years. They signed those aged 12 to 17; written assent and parental or guardian consent were also obtained.