Publications on Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

Facts and Figures about HIV and AIDS Epidemic in Nepal:
- The first HIV infection was detected in 1988 in Nepal. Since then HIV and AIDS epidemic has evolved from low‐ to concentrated among High Risk Groups:
* Injecting Drug Users,  
* Female Sex workers,  
* Men having Sex with Men and
* Seasonal labour Migrants.
-Heterosexual transmission is dominant.
-HIV prevalence in general population is <1%

By reviewing available data and literature on HIV transmission in intimate partner relationships; understanding the current national response for addressing this emerging epidemic trend; the endeavour was identifying potential programmatic entry-points for preventing HIV transmission in intimate partner relationships.

This Resource Estimation Tool for Advocacy (RETA) User’s Guide is a companion to RETA. RETA is a Microsoft Office Excel‐based tool that will help you calculate the resources you need to implement the Comprehensive Package of HIV Prevention Services for Men Who Have Sex with Men.

A regional discussion on HIV transmission in intimate partner relationships was initiated by UNAIDS through a regional meeting on Women and HIV in Cambodia in July 2006. Subsequently, UNAIDS convened a satellite session at the 8th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific at Colombo in August 2007, and some countries started to work on desk reviews.

This survey presents a snapshot of themes affecting programming for men who have sex with men (MSM), for a group of men who have been having sexual relations with men for some time and are in contact with services.

This document summarizes the findings of the third round of the IBBS conducted among 400 MSM in the Kathmandu Valley in 2009.

Between October- November 2008, a small rapid assessment of male adolescent sexual exploitation and abuse, along with HIV risk and vulnerability among males who have sex with males, was conducted in Kabul, Kandahar and Maz-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. Preceding this, a scoping mission, a literature review, and a training workshop for the study teams were conducted.

Avert Society has been conducting BSS in seven priority districts of the Maharashtra state since 2004 and completed Wave V in 2009.

Department of Health (DH) commissioned the Chinese University of Hong Kong to repeat the PRiSM survey in 2008.

Presentation of population size estimation of MSM in Cambodia in 2008 with Capture-Recapture Methodology in 6 cities.