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  Finding our global voice

  Jack Beck of the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) reviews what has now become a regular event preceding the biennial International AIDS Conferences – the...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Appropriate prevention and care services for men who have sex with men and transgender people in resource-limited settings

  This issue provides an overview of the challenges (and responses) of providing prevention and care services to men who have sex with men and transgender...

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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• Female sex workers frequently offered larger fees by their clients in return for sex without a condom

  Client demand for unprotected sex is contributing to the HIV epidemic among female sex workers, according to Canadian research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Investigators in Vancouver found that approximately three-quarters ...

  07 June 2013 | Michael Carter

• Meta-analysis shows the massive global burden of HIV among transgender women

  Almost a fifth of transgender women worldwide are infected with HIV, results of a meta-analysis published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows. A total of 39 studies involving over 11,000 transgender women in 15 different countries were included in ...

  27 March 2013 | Michael Carter

• How to tackle HIV stigma among health care workers

  Stemming in part from negative associations with the virus itself, and in part from marginalisation of populations highly impacted by the virus, stigma and discrimination has long dissuaded people from accessing HIV-related services. Studies presented last week at the ...

  02 August 2012 | Mara Kardas-Nelson

• Concerns about efficacy, cost and side-effects possible barriers to PrEP uptake in groups with high HIV risk

  Concerns about cost, efficacy, and side-effects are possible barriers to the acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in key at-risk groups, a study conducted in Peru and published in the International Journal of STD and AIDS shows. “Important barriers to ...

  13 June 2011 | Michael Carter

• Internet proving a key way to reach men who have sex with men in Africa, Asia and beyond

  In the last few years, the scale of the HIV epidemic amongst men who have sex with men in Africa, Asia and Latin America has become clearer. There is now a body of data on HIV prevalence and on ...

  18 July 2010 | Roger Pebody

• India legalises sex between men

  India’s legalisation of sex between men has been hailed as a “restoration of dignity and human rights” by UNAIDS. On July 2nd the Delhi High Court ruled that a law dating from the days of the British ...

  02 July 2009 | Michael Carter

• One-in-five HIV-positive individuals thought of suicide in past week, finds US study

  Thoughts of suicide are common amongst HIV-positive individuals, American researchers have found. However, in a study published in the May 31st edition of AIDS, they report that few people living with HIV actually plan suicide or ...

  16 May 2007 | Michael Carter

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• Malaysia makes progress against HIV, but challenges remain

  Malaysia has taken great strides in tackling HIV - needle exchange has been widely accepted by Islamic leaders as a necessity to preserve life. However, there are more delicate issues surrounding HIV prevention including the use of condoms outside of marriage, especially by men who have sex with men and sex workers.

  14 June 2013 | The Lancet

• New research examines treatment outcomes of HIV-positive transgender people

  HIV-positive transgender people are just as likely to stay in care, take their medication and have similar outcomes as other men and women living with the disease, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published online May 30 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  05 June 2013 | News-Medical.net

• Transphobia in Latin America Is Preventing an Effective HIV Response

  Because of the social exclusion that transgender women face and the context of violence and discrimination that surrounds them, it is virtually impossible to provide an effective HIV response focused on this at risk group.

  04 March 2013 | Huffington Post

• UN condemns gay and trans killings with new draft resolution

  For the first time, the United Nations acknowledges a need for protections from executions on the basis of gender identity.

  26 November 2012 | Gay Star News

• Indonesia’s health minister shocked by her own failure

  UNAIDS chief Michel Sidebe was in Jakarta just a couple of months ago. What did he talk about? Not the gay men, junkies, waria, rent boys and clients of hookers that make up four fifths of the Indonesian epidemic (the majority of other cases being in female sex wokers). No, he talked about the importance of protecting innocent women and babies through sexual education for young people, most of whom are at practically zero risk.

  23 November 2012 | The Wisdom of Whores

• Southeast Asian human rights declaration excludes sexual orientation and gender identity

  A declaration of human rights signed by the 10 nations of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) does not include protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI).

  20 November 2012 | Gay Star News

• Treat transgenders with compassion ― Malaysian AIDS Council

  Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) stands in solidarity with the four transgender persons who lost their bid to challenge the ban on Muslim men from dressing and posing as women under Section 66 of the Syariah Criminal (Negri Sembilan) Enactment.

  18 October 2012 | The Malaysian Insider

• In India And Around the World, HIV Affects Us All -- Including MSM And Transgender Communities

  Too often, the portrait of those at risk of HIV splits into a false dichotomy: caucasian gay men, bisexual men, and MSM in wealthier countries, with the disease being a heterosexual epidemic in lower-income nations. This portrait is profoundly inaccurate.

  29 August 2012 | Huffington Post

• Turning the Tide of HIV for MSM, Sex Workers and Trans People

  There has been much optimistic talk this past year about turning the tide of HIV and creating an AIDS-free generation. For this to translate to reality, we must address the high HIV prevalence rate among the most vulnerable populations: men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers and transgender people. In addition, antiretroviralsmust be made available to millions more HIV-positive people. Is any of this possible in the real world, and if so, how do we do it?

  27 July 2012 | POZ

• UGANDA: New LGBTI clinic faces fierce government criticism

  Gay rights activists have opened Uganda's first clinic for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the capital, Kampala, where it will provide testing, counselling and treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

  11 July 2012 | IRIN Plus News

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