Regencia, Zypher Jude G.
Hemingway, Charlotte
Guevara, Ernest Genesis
Baja, Emmanuel S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Philippine Council for Health Research and Development
Article History
Received: 28 November 2025
Accepted: 30 March 2026
First Online: 12 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the University of the Philippines Manila Research Ethics Board (UPMREB 2016–171-01 HIV G.E.T Project) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Research Ethics Committee (Protocol 16–017). All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the approving institutional review boards, the Declaration of Helsinki, and relevant national regulations. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their participation in the study.
: Consent for publication was obtained from all participants during the informed consent process. No identifying personal information is included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.