Programmatic Guidance for Reducing HIV and Key Population on Stigma and Discrimination: For the Greater Mekong Region Countries of Thailand, Lao PDR and Myanmar

Tackling stigma and discrimination for improved HIV prevention and treatment is particularly critical in Greater Mekong Region (GMR) countries of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, and Thailand, given that the epidemic is concentrated and growing amongst groups who face not only HIV-related stigma and discrimination, but also the underlying and HIV-associated stigmas of sex work, drug use, gender identity, and same-sex relationships.