Publications on Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

Resource | Publications,
In 2015, UNAIDS introduced accelerated targets in the global response to HIV. Targets were reaffirmed by the 2016 UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS. Unabated HIV epidemics worldwide among gay, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men threaten to undermine gains made to date in reaching global HIV targets unless addressed with targeted, evidence-based, and human rights-affirming interventions at scale.
 
 
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The purpose of this study was to document why significant numbers of men who have sex with men based in Metropolitan Manila (also known as Greater Manila, Metro Manila and Manila) currently do not access HIV services at different levels of the HIV treatment cascade.
 
 
Resource | Fact Sheets,
Men who have sex with men (MSM) has continued to account for a significant proportion of newly acquired HIV infections in Hong Kong. To keep on tracking the epidemic and inform intervention, MSM population has been included as one of the five major at-risk populations in the HIV/AIDS Response Indicator Survey (HARiS).
 
 
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This report provides biological and behavioural information related to HIV infection among four key populations: People who inject drugs (PWID), Men who have sex with men (MSM), Transgender populations and Female Sex Workers (FSWs).
 
 
Resource | Tools,
The Programmatic Mapping Readiness Assessment Tool provides an adaptable step-by-step guide for conducting an mapping readiness assessment (MRA). The MRA focuses on the safety and well-being of KPs as a group and individuals within the group; helps identify the potential risks and benefits of conducting PM before initiating the mapping process; and guides discussions among program staff, steering committee members, and community leaders in creating an action plan to address risk.
 
 
Resource | Guidelines,
These are the first WHO guidelines on testing for chronic HBV and HCV infection and complement published guidance by WHO on the prevention, care and treatment of chronic HCV and HBV infection. The primary audience for these guidelines are national programme managers in ministries of health and health-care providers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) responsible for planning and implementing hepatitis testing, prevention, care and treatment services.
 
 
Resource | Guidelines,
This implementation guide will be useful for LINKAGES staff members wherever the program is operating, and for organizations that implement the LINKAGES program at the local level ("on the ground"). Although the guide may help partners working with LINKAGES at the country level, such as Ministries of Health, the guide is designed for LINKAGES country programs.
 
 
Resource | Tools,
This orientation manual is the first of four volumes of a training toolkit that complement each other. The manual was developed to provide planners and managers working with HIV MSM programme prevention and support services with the necessary information to develop sympathetic, evidence-based and comprehensive HIV prevention and support services for MSM in the MENA region.
 
 
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Fewer than half of all men who have sex with men (MSM) in Asia know their HIV status. Part of the reason for this is that the prevailing model of outreach-based promotion of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) has achieved only low testing uptake and identication of HIV-positive individuals.
 
 
Resource | Presentations,
Objectives of the Framework: introduce the latest science and innovations in HIV service programming for MSM, a source for advocacy with donors and policy makers, provide checklists to see the extent to which HIV service programming for MSM is up-to-date.