TransOdara study: the challenge of integrating methods, settings and procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena VerasThiago Félix PinheiroLenice GalanLaio MagnoAndrea Fachel LealDaniela Riva KnauthAna Rita Coimbra Motta CastroRita Suely Bacuri de QueirozPhilippe MayaudDaniel Jason McCartneyGwenda HughesCamila Mattos Dos SantosLeonardo Soares BastosKatia Cristina BassichettoSandro SperandeiClaudia Renata Dos Santos BarrosRodrigo Calado da SilvaFrancisco Inácio BastosMaria Inês Costa DouradoPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2024)
Despite the enormous challenges posed by the co-occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic and field work targeting a vulnerable, elusive, and scattered population, the TransOdara project has been effectively implemented. Caveats did not preclude 1,300 TGW from being interviewed and tested, amid a significant epidemic that disrupted health services and research projects in Brazil and worldwide.
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