Men who have sex with men (MSM) are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, yet nearly half of the 128 country reports fail to provide any data on MSM, says AIDS group amFAR.
A recent project by Action for AIDS Singapore to make HIV testing more accessible found that 30 of the 960 MSM who took the test to be HIV-positive. AfA and Fridae.com unveil a new campaign We Can Stop AIDS Now.
"It's my life," a new multi-media campaign along with a Bahasa Indonesia website, aims to reach MSMs in Indonesia through personal stories as well as interaction with an HIV-positive MSM to highlight the safer sex message as well as care and treatment services.
China's Ministry of Health has announced that gay men will be one of several groups to be targeted in specially formulated HIV/AIDS prevention programmes as part of its 2008 national health initiatives.
In a widely publicised case in Australia and New Zealand, health authorities are urging those who might be exposed to HIV to be tested after a HIV-positive sex worker has been charged with offering an escort service without being registered and while knowing he had an STI.
HIV infection rates in some Asian cities in the MSM community are estimated to be anywhere from 5 percent to as high as 32 percent, according to a recent survey. The following report was issued by the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health.
As LGBT communities across the globe commemorate the 19th annual World AIDS Day on Dec 1, the Osaka sexual health community reflect on a decade of achievement.
Once barred by the Singapore authorities, Jason and deMarco - an American gay pop duo and real life couple - has been given the go ahead to perform at a concert to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.
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