Malobela, Agnes
Amougou-Atsama, Marie
Iliopoulos, Panagiotis
Mugisha, Jean-Claude
Berishvili, Nino
Sologashvili, Manana
Fajardo, Emmanuel
Lamoury, Francois
Macé, Aurélien
Chirehwa, Maxwell
Njouom, Richard
Hatzakis, Angelos
Kabahizi, Jules
Muvunyi, Claude Mambo
Alkhazashvili, Maia
Reipold, Elena Ivanova
Article History
Received: 13 February 2025
Accepted: 9 December 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by institutional review boards in Cameroon, Le Comité National d’Ethique pour la Recherche en Santé Humaine (CNERSH) - (N°2019/04/1157/CE/CNERSH/SP), Georgia, National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health Institutional Review Board - (N°8160–2/1), Greece, The Institutional Review Board of the Hellenic Scientific Society for the Study of AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (EEEEAIDS) - (Protocol N°121) and Rwanda by the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC) - (N°121/RNEC/2020 and N°328/RNEC/2019).Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.