Cortaredona, S.
Sokhna, C.
Maradan, G.
Ba, EH.
Seror, V.
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Ndiaye, Assane
Berenger, Cyril
Peretti-Watel, Patrick
L’Haridon, Olivier
Raude, Jocelyn
Badji, Mouhamed Ahmed
Ward, Jeremy
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales
Article History
Received: 30 July 2025
Accepted: 23 December 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study involved human participants and was approved by the Senegalese National Ethical Committee for Research in Health (131/MSAS/CNERS/Sec and 218/MSAS/CNERS/SP), Senegalese Ministry of Health (619/MSAS/DPRS/DR) and French Data Protection Authority (CNIL 2220771v0). All participants provided consent prior to participation. More specifically, consent was first recorded when community health workers (Badienou Gokh) visited selected households to inform households’ members about the study and collect telephone numbers of members who agreed to participate. At the beginning of the first survey, the study purpose was explained and the participants were asked again to provide verbal consent to participate. As a way of thanking households for their participation, the community health workers provided them with a personal protection kit including hydroalcoholic gel and a face mask at the end of the first wave of data collection. All procedures were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.