Ortelan, Naiá
de Almeida, Márcia Furquim
Pinto Júnior, Elzo Pereira
Bispo, Nivea
Fiaccone, Rosemeire L.
Falcão, Ila Rocha
Rocha, Aline dos Santos
Ramos, Dandara
Paixão, Enny S.
de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Rita
Rodrigues, Laura C.
Barreto, Mauricio L.
Ichihara, Maria Yury T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (202912/Z/16/Z)
Article History
Received: 14 April 2023
Accepted: 19 February 2024
First Online: 5 March 2024
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Collective Health Institute, Federal University of Bahia (ISC/UFBA) (CAAE: 41695415.0.0000.5030), adhering to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) reporting guideline. The need for informed consent was explicitly waived by the Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board of Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (ISC)/UFBA. This waived was granted as the dataset utilized for analysis did not include any personally identifiable information. The decision to forego the traditional consent requirement aligns with the guidelines set forth by the National Commission of Ethics in Research (CONEP). Data were securely stored on servers at the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), where meticulous handling, storage, and linking procedures were performed in compliance with the highest ethical and legal standards [CitationRef removed]. This ensured the confidentiality and integrity of the information throughout the study.
: Not applicable.
: The study funders had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to the data and had the final responsibility for submitting the manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.