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Marcus, Ulrich https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3143-2717
Nöstlinger, Christiana
Rosińska, Magdalena
Sherriff, Nigel
Gios, Lorenzo
Dias, Sonia F.
Gama, Ana F.
Toskin, Igor
Alexiev, Ivailo
Naseva, Emilia
Schink, Susanne Barbara
Mirandola, Massimo
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Commission Public Health Programme (reference number 100880)
Article History
Received: 14 February 2018
Accepted: 10 July 2018
First Online: 6 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) Research Project Review Panel (RP2: A65- SIALON II: Capacity building in combining targeted prevention with meaningful HIV surveillance among men who have sex with men (MSM), Multi-country (Europe) protocol) and the WHO Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO-ERC: RPC557 - Capacity building in combining targeted prevention with meaningful HIV surveillance among MSM), and by ethics review committees in all participating countries (see list below). In all countries informed consent was obtained from the study participants. Ethics review committees in most countries required written informed consent from the participants, others such as Sweden and Germany required only verbal informed consent.
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