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Largely neglected in the current HIV strategy in India, women who inject drugs are a highly marginalised and vulnerable population in need of a comprehensive response to meet their health and social needs. The India HIV/AIDS Alliance (Alliance India) in partnership with SASO has initiated a pilot program for women who inject drugs in Manipur, called ‘Chanura Kol’—which means ‘garden of women’ in Manipuri. With support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, this project provides HIV prevention, drug-related services, and impact mitigation for women in three sites across Manipur – Imphal, Churachandpur and Moreh. Download this publication |
Experience of Violence and Adverse Reproductive Health Outcomes, HIV Risks among Mobile Female Sex Workers in India. BMC Public Health. Swain, S N. Saggurti, N. Battala, M. Verma, R K. & Jain, A K. (2011)
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Female sex workers (FSWs) are a population sub-group most affected by the HIV epidemic in India and elsewhere. Despite research and programmatic attention to FSWs, little is known regarding sex workers’ reproductive health and HIV risk in relation to their experiences of violence. This paper therefore aims to understand the linkages between violence and the reproductive health and HIV risks among a group of mobile FSWs in India. Data are drawn from a cross-sectional behavioural survey conducted in 22 districts from four high HIV prevalence states (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu) in India between September 2007 and July 2008. The survey sample included 5,498 FSWs who had moved to at least two different places for sex work in the past two years, and are classified as mobile FSWs in the current study. Download this publication |
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) face a dispro- portionate share of the HIV epidemic throughout the world (Baral et al. 2007; Cáceres et al. 2008), and in low- and middle-income countries bear a greater burden of the epidemic relative to the general popula- tion. In many countries, the HIV risk to MSM is exac- erbated by social, cultural, and political factors. |
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Funded through AusAID’s Australian Development Research Awards (2009), the Burnet Institute conducted this research to explore the sexual networks of men who have sex with both men and women in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The research aimed to identify network characteristics that promote or block HIV transmission in this network. The qualitative research component aimed to explore the reasons why men have sex with both women and men, the context in which these interactions occur (in terms of meeting partners, negotiation of sex, and where the sex act occurs) and how place and time impact on the choice of partner and or condom use (the intersection of why and where). |
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Sanjay enters the van and is greeted by the counselor, who explains how HIV and STIs are transmitted and what he can do to avoid them. The counselor shares some pamphlets, printed in the local language of Marathi, that give him additional information about HIV and STI prevention. She shows him how to use a condom and offers him some. Sanjay then signs a consent form to obtain an HIV test. |
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This guide was developed by amfAR’s MSM Initiative to provide fundraising assistance to community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide HIV-related programs and services for gay men, transgender individuals, and other men who sex with men (MSM) in low- and middle-income countries. In this guide, a number of key questions are answered: |
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This study focuses on the experiences and perspectives of HIV-positive women living in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The purpose of the study is to give voice to women living with HIV and to allow their stories and views to inform an improved HIV response where the dignity of each and every woman and man is respected and protected. Download this publication |
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‘Men who have sex with men’ and the corresponding acronym ‘MSM’ refer to all men who engage in homosexual behaviour, regardless of gender identity, motivation for engaging in sex, or identification with any particular ‘community’. The words ‘man’ and ‘sex’ are interpreted differently in diverse cultures and societies as well as by the individuals involved. As a result, the term MSM covers a large variety of settings and contexts in which male to-male sex takes place. The term ‘gay’ is used by some people to refer to a sexual identity that they apply to themselves and other men that is based on the sex they have with other men. |
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Since the beginning of the epidemic in the early 1980s, men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people have been disproportionately affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The risk for infection remains high among them; and there has been a resurgence of HIV infection among MSM, particularly in industrialized countries. Data are emerging of new or newly identified HIV epidemics among MSM in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America. |
