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Article History

Received: 31 August 2020

Accepted: 12 January 2021

First Online: 4 February 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: All participants included in the LHIV-Manitoba clinical cohort provided written, informed consent to have their clinical and administrative health data collected and analyzed. This work, including informed consent procedures, received approval from the University of Manitoba’s Health Research Ethics Board (UM-HREB, HS21678). The larger cohort study in which this work is embedded received approvals from UM-HREB (HS15817), the local hospital’s Research Impact Committee, the Health Information Privacy Committee of MHSAL, and the Nine Circles Community Health Centre Research Committee. The cohort study also received support from the Health Information Research Governance Committee of <i>Nanaandawewigamig</i>, the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.