Urbano, Suleika
Gobbi, Elisabetta
Florio, Valeria
Rughetti, Aurelia
Ercoli, Lucia
Funding for this research was provided by:
Gilead (Community Award Program to Prof.L.Ercoli, “Modello di intervento sanitario sostenibile per la prevenzione dell’infezione da HCV in pazienti migranti fragili)
Article History
Received: 15 February 2023
Accepted: 9 August 2023
First Online: 16 August 2023
Declarations
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: The work was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration in accordance with the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects and with the ethical standards of the Steering Committee of Medicina Solidale Institute. Scientific supervision was guaranteed by the Scientific Coordinator of the Medicina Solidale Institute. Medicina Solidale Institute is an Italian non-profit entity [so called institute of third sector (Ente del terzo settore – ETS)] and ethical approval was deemed unnecessary according to national regulations (Lg. 129, 6<sup>th</sup> June 2001; D.L. 117, 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2017). However, any data collection is planned, discussed, and authorized by the Steering Committee supported by the Scientific Coordinator, in accordance the indication of the Helsinki Declaration of the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects and in respect of the Italian law (privacy and personal data storage).As defined by the Steering Committee of the Medicina Solidale Institute, informed consent was prepared in accordance with the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects following the Declarations of Helsinki and in accordance with the Italian national guidelines for privacy protection in healthcare. The Steering Committee further established that informed consent should have had administered for each access to the care services of Medicina Solidale Institute.The lead author affirms that this manuscript is an honest, accurate and transparent account of the study being reported. The reporting of this work is compliant with high-quality qualitative research methodology. We confirm that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Also, we confirm that, freely given, written informed consent to participate to this study was obtained from each participant.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.